diff --git a/spack-environment/packages.yaml b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
index 42efce19681679e3809e6f6cf5a15a623ba2c4b4..800edca854b44c2ecac603796967160b8d5ec9cb 100644
--- a/spack-environment/packages.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ packages:
   gettext: 
     require:
     - +libxml2
+  gfal2:
+    require:
+    - +file +xrootd
   gl:
     require:
     - glx
diff --git a/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml b/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml
index 6e9d8fdf75ab62faa81707701ac9b656a47b933f..6f8ca9e50455ba7f6f6d168d6afdc3d475012a02 100644
--- a/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml
+++ b/spack-environment/xl/spack.yaml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ spack:
   - gaudi
   - gdb
   - geant4 +opengl
+  - gfal2
   - graphviz
   - hepmc3
   - heppdt
diff --git a/spack.sh b/spack.sh
index 7c150f132558ecb761de9afdb394412d899567ae..e54e05ceeaa8941961fd0076568467893bbade06 100644
--- a/spack.sh
+++ b/spack.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ f8f01c336c882f29ac364995423b9f69ac365462
 04f0af0a28e1f6ff0ef0b50e28ecf9d19fe544e6
 395491815acb20e48050b77dca457aa7cc340ca1
 43d1cdb0bd4780bff369dafa681a8a7939313784
+5bc105c01c0e458924df40d51f7111ba507689f9
 ---
 ## Optional hash table with comma-separated file list
 read -r -d '' SPACK_CHERRYPICKS_FILES <<- \
@@ -77,3 +78,4 @@ read -r -d '' SPACK_CHERRYPICKS_FILES <<- \
 ## 04f0af0a28e1f6ff0ef0b50e28ecf9d19fe544e6: acts,dd4hep: restrict to podio@0 to prevent failures with podio@1
 ## 395491815acb20e48050b77dca457aa7cc340ca1: dd4hep: mark conflict with root@6.31.1:
 ## 43d1cdb0bd4780bff369dafa681a8a7939313784: dd4hep: Add tag for version 1.30
+## 5bc105c01c0e458924df40d51f7111ba507689f9: gfal2: new package (and dependencies)