diff --git a/files/common/rhel-7-aarch64-server-rpms.repo b/files/common/rhel-7-aarch64-server-rpms.repo
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d2447cb82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/files/common/rhel-7-aarch64-server-rpms.repo
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[rhel7-aarch64-server]
+name = rhel7 $basearch server
+baseurl=http://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/repo/rhel/rhel7/$basearch/rhel-7-aarch64-server-rpms
+gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-redhat-release
diff --git a/tasks/yumrepos.yml b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
index af57783e79..37ab3d04d6 100644
--- a/tasks/yumrepos.yml
+++ b/tasks/yumrepos.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,14 @@
   - packages
   - yumrepos
 
+- name: add aarch64 server rpms repo
+  copy: src="{{ files }}/common/rhel-7-aarch64-server-rpms.repo" dest="/etc/yum.repos.d/rhel-7-aarch64-server-rpms.repo"
+  when: (ansible_distribution == 'RedHat' or ansible_distribution == 'CentOS') and inventory_hostname.startswith('aarch64-c'
+  tags:
+  - config
+  - packages
+  - yumrepos
+
 - name: add infrastructure repo
   copy: src="{{ files }}/common/{{ item }}" dest="/etc/yum.repos.d/{{ item }}"
   with_items: