diff --git a/scripts/fsp-server.py b/scripts/fsp-server.py
index 287063d..b83e844 100755
--- a/scripts/fsp-server.py
+++ b/scripts/fsp-server.py
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ import time
 CC_VERSION, CC_INFO = 0x10, 0x11
 CC_ERR, CC_GET_DIR, CC_GET_FILE = 0x40, 0x41, 0x42
 CC_BYE, CC_STAT = 0x4A, 0x4D
+CC_GET_PRO = 0x47
+# Directory protection bits (fsplib.h).  Swiss uses these to decide whether
+# the device supports patches:
+#   if ((pro & (MKDIR|ADD|DEL|GET)) == (MKDIR|ADD|DEL) || (pro & OWNER))
+#       features |= FEAT_PATCHES;  emulable |= EMU_ETHERNET;
+# so a plain read-only answer makes Swiss DISABLE patch support here.
+PRO_OWNER, PRO_DEL, PRO_ADD, PRO_MKDIR = 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08
+PRO_GET, PRO_README, PRO_LIST, PRO_RENAME = 0x10, 0x20, 0x40, 0x80
+PRO_BYTES = 1
 RDTYPE_END, RDTYPE_FILE, RDTYPE_DIR, RDTYPE_SKIP = 0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x2A
 HSIZE, FSP_SPACE = 12, 1024
 SERVER_KEY = 0x1234
@@ -128,6 +137,13 @@ def main():
     ap.add_argument("--port", type=int, default=21)
     ap.add_argument("--quiet-reads", action="store_true",
                     help="only log the rate, not every read")
+    ap.add_argument("--claim-owner", action="store_true",
+                    help="report FSP_DIR_OWNER on GET_PRO, which makes Swiss "
+                         "enable FEAT_PATCHES and EMU_ETHERNET on this device. "
+                         "⚠️ This server is READ-ONLY -- it has no UP_LOAD or "
+                         "MAKE_DIR -- so Swiss believing it can write here "
+                         "will make any patch write fail.  Try without it "
+                         "first; use it only if a boot demands patches.")
     a = ap.parse_args()
     root = os.path.realpath(a.root)
 
@@ -192,6 +208,25 @@ def main():
             s.sendto(pack(CC_STAT, SERVER_KEY, seq, pos, body), peer)
             continue
 
+        if cmd == CC_GET_PRO:
+            # Reply shape (fsplib fsp_getpro): pos MUST equal FSP_PRO_BYTES,
+            # and the flags byte sits at buf[len] -- i.e. the first byte of
+            # the EXTRA region, after the echoed name, not inside data.
+            # A non-existent directory must be CC_ERR so fsplib reports
+            # ENOENT: Swiss probes "swiss/patches", then "swiss", then "".
+            if not os.path.isdir(real):
+                s.sendto(pack(CC_ERR, SERVER_KEY, seq, pos, b"no such dir\0"), peer)
+                print(f"[{peer[0]}] GET_PRO {path!r} -> ENOENT (expected; "
+                      f"Swiss falls back)")
+                continue
+            pro = PRO_GET | PRO_LIST | (PRO_OWNER if a.claim_owner else 0)
+            s.sendto(pack(CC_GET_PRO, SERVER_KEY, seq, PRO_BYTES,
+                          path.encode("latin-1", "replace"), bytes([pro])), peer)
+            print(f"[{peer[0]}] GET_PRO {path!r} -> {pro:#04x}"
+                  + ("  (OWNER: Swiss will enable patches)" if a.claim_owner
+                     else "  (read-only: Swiss disables patches here)"))
+            continue
+
         if cmd == CC_GET_DIR:
             if not os.path.isdir(real):
                 s.sendto(pack(CC_ERR, SERVER_KEY, seq, pos, b"not a dir\0"), peer)
diff --git a/scripts/test-fsp-server.py b/scripts/test-fsp-server.py
index 0b9cc68..615351a 100755
--- a/scripts/test-fsp-server.py
+++ b/scripts/test-fsp-server.py
@@ -124,6 +124,36 @@ try:
         fails.append(f"T8 traversal escaped the root: type {ty} size {sz}")
     else:
         print("T8 ../../etc/passwd refused")
+    # T9 GET_PRO: flags go in the EXTRA region at buf[len], and pos must
+    # equal FSP_PRO_BYTES (1) or fsplib returns ENOMSG.
+    CC_GET_PRO = 0x47
+    r = rt(req(CC_GET_PRO, 20, 0, ""))
+    if r["cmd"] != CC_GET_PRO:
+        fails.append(f"T9 GET_PRO cmd {r['cmd']:#04x}")
+    elif r["pos"] != 1:
+        fails.append(f"T9 GET_PRO pos {r['pos']}, want 1 (FSP_PRO_BYTES) "
+                     f"- fsplib returns ENOMSG otherwise")
+    else:
+        s.sendto(req(CC_GET_PRO, 21, 0, ""), A)
+        raw = s.recv(2048)
+        ln = struct.unpack("!H", raw[8:10])[0]
+        pro = raw[HSIZE + ln]          # buf[len] -- the first extra byte
+        if not (pro & 0x10) or not (pro & 0x40):
+            fails.append(f"T9 GET_PRO flags {pro:#04x} lack GET|LIST")
+        elif pro & 0x01:
+            fails.append(f"T9 GET_PRO claims OWNER without --claim-owner")
+        else:
+            print(f"T9 GET_PRO -> pos=1, flags {pro:#04x} (GET|LIST) at buf[len]")
+
+    # T10 a missing directory must be CC_ERR, so fsplib reports ENOENT and
+    # Swiss falls back from "swiss/patches" to "swiss" to "".
+    r = rt(req(CC_GET_PRO, 22, 0, "swiss/patches"))
+    if r["cmd"] != CC_ERR:
+        fails.append(f"T10 GET_PRO on a missing dir returned {r['cmd']:#04x}, "
+                     f"want CC_ERR -- Swiss's fallback chain needs ENOENT")
+    else:
+        print("T10 GET_PRO 'swiss/patches' -> CC_ERR (Swiss falls back to root)")
+
 finally:
     srv.terminate()