diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfabric/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfabric/package.py
index 0fc0f5fcbd7a09c2aebdf392ec199904ebf8d83a..dab2f08312dd59908ba1231f910d07d51fefa11c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfabric/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libfabric/package.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Libfabric(AutotoolsPackage):
     git = "https://github.com/ofiwg/libfabric.git"
 
     version('develop', branch='master')
+    version('1.7.0', sha256='9d7059e2ef48341f967f2a20ee215bc50f9079b32aad485f654098f83040e4be')
     version('1.6.1', 'ff78dc9fcbf273a119c737a4e1df46d1')
     version('1.6.0', '91d63ab3c0b9724a4db660019f928cab')
     version('1.5.3', '1fe07e972fe487c6a3e44c0fb68b49a2')