diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gfal2-util/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gfal2-util/package.py
index 874b1f58d7f..5b17922822e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gfal2-util/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/gfal2-util/package.py
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ class Gfal2Util(PythonPackage):
     version("1.9.0", sha256="9a5194b7ac80381c0787ec7c2405cc3e060fc03bb99e80bbeb388ec3675cb13d")
 
     depends_on("py-setuptools", type="build")
+    depends_on("py-gfal2-python", type=("build", "run"))
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-gfal2-python/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-gfal2-python/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7416c2a9bca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-gfal2-python/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2024 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack.package import *
+
+
+class PyGfal2Python(PythonPackage):
+    """Python2 and 3 bindings for gfal2."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/cern-fts/gfal2-python"
+    pypi = "gfal2-python/gfal2-python-1.13.0.tar.gz"
+
+    maintainers("wdconinc")
+
+    license("Apache-2.0", checked_by="wdconinc")
+
+    version("1.13.0", sha256="5be42cc894fa20af3d6f6dbb30dfd4d29ab49bd5f15b3e3e754aa25c5ed17997")
+
+    depends_on("cxx", type="build")
+    depends_on("python", type="build")
+
+    depends_on("py-setuptools", type="build")
+    depends_on("cmake", type="build")
+
+    depends_on("boost +python")
+    depends_on("glib")
+    depends_on("gfal2")
+
+    def patch(self):
+        filter_file(
+            r"\'-DSKIP_TESTS=TRUE\',",
+            "'-DSKIP_TESTS=TRUE', f'-DPython_EXECUTABLE={sys.executable}',",
+            "setup.py",
+        )