diff --git a/cmssw-tool-conf.spec b/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
index 0515602d8d0..8b50a833e57 100644
--- a/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
+++ b/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Requires: classlib
 Requires: clhep
 Requires: coral
 Requires: cppunit
+Requires: cpu_features
 Requires: curl
 Requires: das_client
 Requires: db6
diff --git a/cpu_features.spec b/cpu_features.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..67539e9e650
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpu_features.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+### RPM external cpu_features 0.7.0
+
+Source: https://github.com/google/cpu_features/archive/refs/tags/v%{realversion}.tar.gz
+BuildRequires: gmake cmake
+
+%prep
+%setup -n %{n}-%{realversion}
+
+%build
+cmake -S. -Bbuild \
+    -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:STRING=%{i}
+
+%install
+cd build
+make install
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/cpu_features/cpu_features.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/cpu_features/cpu_features.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47c9121a335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scram-tools.file/tools/cpu_features/cpu_features.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<tool name="cpu_features" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
+  <info url="https://github.com/google/cpu_features"/>
+  <lib name="cpu_features"/>
+  <client>
+    <environment name="CPU_FEATURES_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
+    <environment name="LIBDIR" default="$CPU_FEATURES_BASE/lib64"/>
+    <environment name="INCLUDE" default="$CPU_FEATURES_BASE/include"/>
+    <environment name="BINDIR" default="$CPU_FEATURES_BASE/bin"/>
+  </client>
+  <runtime name="PATH" value="$BINDIR" type="path"/>
+</tool>