diff --git a/etc/spack/repos.yaml b/etc/spack/repos.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..fc5554c9b0d2f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/spack/repos.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+repos:
+  - $spack/var/spack/repos/sdsc