diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4dcb603b495d3ae14646e2ab0ed798bb167a4b0d..947705af6de535f7c6ceb93e1778d972c0ef179a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+release/004.053 (2015-07-28)
+
+    [rpm] Adding a dag-EL7.repo file so that EL7 hosts can get a
+    valid repo file based on the existing logic of the manifest (jlent)
+
 release/004.052 (2015-07-27b)
 
     [iptables] Add an "include base::iptables" to base::iptables::rule
diff --git a/files/rpm/dag-EL7.repo b/files/rpm/dag-EL7.repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f8675eeb1a898db5db5c0739dc5a9c5d37f81233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/rpm/dag-EL7.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Name: Dag EL7 repo
+# URL: http://yum.stanford.edu/
+[dag]
+name = Dag packages $releasever
+baseurl = http://yum.stanford.edu/mrepo/dag-EL7-$basearch/RPMS.updates
+enabled = 1
+protect = 0
+gpgkey = http://dag.wieers.com/packages/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt
+gpgcheck = 1
+