diff --git a/spack-environment/packages.yaml b/spack-environment/packages.yaml
index f2691a91729c6a477f7c5016e127e5d0fb7164d8..bc319ead4eebac2b3a20ec5ec1dd2cbf8510a495 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