diff --git a/grubby-bls b/grubby-bls
index 2785583..11b69b1 100755
--- a/grubby-bls
+++ b/grubby-bls
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ set_default_bls() {
             echo "default=${default}" >> "${zipl_config}"
         fi
     fi
-
+    update_grubcfg
     print_info "The default is ${bls_file[$index]} with index $index and kernel $(get_prefix)${bls_linux[$index]}"
 }
 
@@ -599,17 +599,19 @@ remove_var_prefix() {
 
 update_grubcfg()
 {
-    # Older ppc64le OPAL firmware don't have BLS support so grub2-mkconfig has to be run
-    # to generate a config with menuentry commands.
-    if [ "${arch}" = "ppc64le" ] && [ -d /sys/firmware/opal ]; then
+    # Turn on RUN_MKCONFIG on different archs/scenarios
+    if [[ "${arch}" = 's390' ]] || [[ "${arch}" = 's390x' ]]; then
+        # On s390/s390x systems, run mkconfig/zipl
         RUN_MKCONFIG="true"
-    fi
-
-    # PV and PVH Xen DomU guests boot with pygrub that doesn't have BLS support,
-    # also Xen Dom0 use the menuentries from 20_linux_xen and not the ones from
-    # 10_linux. So grub2-mkconfig has to run for both Xen Dom0 and DomU.
-    if [[ -e /sys/hypervisor/type ]] && grep -q "^xen$" /sys/hypervisor/type; then
+    elif [[ "${arch}" = "ppc64le" ]] && [[ -d /sys/firmware/opal ]]; then
+        # Older ppc64le OPAL firmware don't have BLS support so grub2-mkconfig has to be run
+        # to generate a config with menuentry commands.
+        RUN_MKCONFIG="true"
+    elif [[ -e /sys/hypervisor/type ]] && grep -q "^xen$" /sys/hypervisor/type; then
         if [ ! -e /sys/hypervisor/guest_type ] || ! grep -q "^HVM$" /sys/hypervisor/guest_type; then
+            # PV and PVH Xen DomU guests boot with pygrub that doesn't have BLS support,
+            # also Xen Dom0 use the menuentries from 20_linux_xen and not the ones from
+            # 10_linux. So grub2-mkconfig has to run for both Xen Dom0 and DomU.
             RUN_MKCONFIG=true
         fi
     fi
diff --git a/grubby.spec b/grubby.spec
index 9813791..87b8787 100644
--- a/grubby.spec
+++ b/grubby.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 Name: grubby
 Version: 8.40
-Release: 82%{?dist}
+Release: 86%{?dist}
 Summary: Command line tool for updating bootloader configs
 License: GPL-2.0-or-later
 Source1: grubby-bls
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Source3: COPYING
 Source5: 95-kernel-hooks.install
 Source6: 10-devicetree.install
 Source7: grubby.8
+Source8: kernel.sysconfig
 
 BuildRequires: gcc
 BuildRequires: glib2-devel
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@ install -D -m 0755 -t %{buildroot}%{_prefix}/lib/kernel/install.d/ %{SOURCE6}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8
 install -m 0644 %{SOURCE7} %{buildroot}%{_mandir}/man8/
 
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig
+install -m 0644 %{SOURCE8} %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/kernel
+
 %post
 if [ "$1" = 2 ]; then
     arch=$(uname -m)
@@ -72,8 +76,22 @@ fi
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_prefix}/lib/kernel/install.d/10-devicetree.install
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_prefix}/lib/kernel/install.d/95-kernel-hooks.install
 %{_mandir}/man8/grubby.8*
+%config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/sysconfig/kernel
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Dec 10 2025 Simon de Vlieger <cmdr@supakeen.com> - 8.40-86
+- Own `/etc/sysconfig/kernel` which is used for `grubby` configuration
+
+* Wed Jul 30 2025 Leo Sandoval <lsandova@redhat.com> - 8.40-85
+- Update cfg when setting a default kernel
+
+* Thu Jul 24 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 8.40-84
+- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_43_Mass_Rebuild
+
+* Thu Mar 20 2025 Leo Sandoval <lsandova@redhat.com> - 8.40-83
+- grubby-bls: in s390* systems, run zipl on grub cfg update event
+  Fixes previous commit and formats better the conditions that trigger grub cfg updates
+
 * Fri Jan 17 2025 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 8.40-82
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_42_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/kernel.sysconfig b/kernel.sysconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8da1970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel.sysconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# UPDATEDEFAULT specifies if kernel-install should make
+# new kernels the default
+UPDATEDEFAULT=yes
+
+# DEFAULTKERNEL specifies the default kernel package type
+DEFAULTKERNEL=kernel-core