diff --git a/local/patches/base/P49-irq-affinity-logging.patch b/local/patches/base/P49-irq-affinity-logging.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c925243742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local/patches/base/P49-irq-affinity-logging.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+diff --git a/drivers/pcid/src/driver_interface/irq_helpers.rs b/drivers/pcid/src/driver_interface/irq_helpers.rs
+index 28ca077a..dadf6192 100644
+--- a/drivers/pcid/src/driver_interface/irq_helpers.rs
++++ b/drivers/pcid/src/driver_interface/irq_helpers.rs
+@@ -233,0 +234 @@ pub struct InterruptVector {
++    cpu_id: usize,
+@@ -251,0 +253,4 @@ impl InterruptVector {
++    pub fn cpu_id(&self) -> usize {
++        self.cpu_id
++    }
++
+@@ -260,0 +266,14 @@ impl InterruptVector {
++
++    /// Log the IRQ affinity for this vector.
++    pub fn log_affinity(&self, driver: &str) {
++        let kind_str = match self.kind {
++            InterruptVectorKind::Legacy => "legacy",
++            InterruptVectorKind::Msi => "MSI",
++            InterruptVectorKind::MsiX { .. } => "MSI-X",
++        };
++        log::info!(
++            "{driver}: IRQ affinity = {kind_str} on CPU {} vector {}",
++            self.cpu_id,
++            self.vector
++        );
++    }
+@@ -294,0 +314 @@ pub fn pci_allocate_interrupt_vector(
++        log::info!("{driver}: allocated MSI-X interrupt on CPU {bsp_cpu_id}");
+@@ -297,0 +318 @@ pub fn pci_allocate_interrupt_vector(
++            cpu_id: bsp_cpu_id,
+@@ -300,0 +322,3 @@ pub fn pci_allocate_interrupt_vector(
++        let bsp_cpu_id = read_bsp_apic_id()
++            .unwrap_or_else(|err| panic!("{driver}: failed to read BSP APIC ID: {err}"));
++        log::info!("{driver}: allocated MSI interrupt on CPU {bsp_cpu_id}");
+@@ -303,0 +328 @@ pub fn pci_allocate_interrupt_vector(
++            cpu_id: bsp_cpu_id,
+@@ -307,0 +333,2 @@ pub fn pci_allocate_interrupt_vector(
++        let bsp_cpu_id = read_bsp_apic_id().unwrap_or(0);
++        log::info!("{driver}: allocated legacy INTx interrupt on CPU {bsp_cpu_id}");
+@@ -310,0 +338 @@ pub fn pci_allocate_interrupt_vector(
++            cpu_id: bsp_cpu_id,
+@@ -325,0 +354,2 @@ pub fn pci_allocate_interrupt_vector(
++        let bsp_cpu_id = read_bsp_apic_id().unwrap_or(0);
++        log::info!("{driver}: allocated legacy INTx interrupt on CPU {bsp_cpu_id}");
+@@ -328,0 +359 @@ pub fn pci_allocate_interrupt_vector(
++            cpu_id: bsp_cpu_id,
diff --git a/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml b/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
index 46b1b34074..56a092478f 100644
--- a/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/core/base/recipe.toml
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ patches = [
     "P47-thermald-backend.patch",
     # P48: Add ACPI fan device discovery and status exposure
     "P48-acpid-fan-support.patch",
+    # P49: Add IRQ affinity logging and CPU tracking to pcid
+    "P49-irq-affinity-logging.patch",
 ]
 
 [package]