diff --git a/cepgen.spec b/cepgen.spec
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..65e34dc9d19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cepgen.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+### RPM external cepgen 1.0.2
+
+Source: https://github.com/cepgen/cepgen/archive/refs/tags/%{realversion}.tar.gz
+
+BuildRequires: cmake ninja
+Requires: gsl OpenBLAS hepmc hepmc3 lhapdf pythia6 root
+
+%prep
+%setup -n %{n}-%{realversion}
+
+%build
+rm -rf ../build
+mkdir ../build
+cd ../build
+
+export GSL_DIR=${GSL_ROOT}
+export OPENBLAS_DIR=${OPENBLAS_ROOT}
+export HEPMC_DIR=${HEPMC_ROOT}
+export HEPMC3_DIR=${HEPMC3_ROOT}
+export LHAPDF_PATH=${LHAPDF_ROOT}
+export PYTHIA6_DIR=${PYTHIA6_ROOT}
+export ROOTSYS=${ROOT_ROOT}
+
+cmake ../%{n}-%{realversion} \
+  -G Ninja \
+  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="%i" \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+
+ninja -v %{makeprocesses}
+
+%install
+cd ../build
+ninja %{makeprocesses} install
+
+case $(uname) in Darwin ) so=dylib ;; * ) so=so ;; esac
+rm -f %i/lib/libCepGen*-[A-Z]*-%realversion.$so
+
+%post
+%{relocateConfig}bin/cepgen
diff --git a/cmssw-tool-conf.spec b/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
index 108720bb3ae..1c792eca84c 100644
--- a/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
+++ b/cmssw-tool-conf.spec
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ Requires: starlight
 Requires: alpgen
 Requires: boost
 Requires: bz2lib
+Requires: cepgen
 Requires: classlib
 Requires: clhep
 Requires: coral
diff --git a/scram-tools.file/tools/cepgen/cepgen.xml b/scram-tools.file/tools/cepgen/cepgen.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8bb184a517c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scram-tools.file/tools/cepgen/cepgen.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<tool name="cepgen" version="@TOOL_VERSION@">
+  <info url="https://cepgen.hepforge.org/"/>
+  <lib name="CepGen"/>
+  <lib name="CepGenHepMC2"/>
+  <lib name="CepGenHepMC3"/>
+  <lib name="CepGenLHAPDF"/>
+  <lib name="CepGenProcesses"/>
+  <lib name="CepGenPythia6"/>
+  <client>
+    <environment name="CEPGEN_BASE" default="@TOOL_ROOT@"/>
+    <environment name="LIBDIR" default="$CEPGEN_BASE/lib64"/>
+    <environment name="INCLUDE" default="$CEPGEN_BASE/include"/>
+  </client>
+  <runtime name="PATH" value="$CEPGEN_BASE/bin" type="path"/>
+  <runtime name="CEPGEN_PATH" value="$CEPGEN_BASE/share/CepGen"/>
+  <use name="gsl"/>
+  <use name="OpenBLAS"/>
+  <use name="hepmc"/>
+  <use name="hepmc3"/>
+  <use name="lhapdf"/>
+  <use name="pythia6"/>
+</tool>