diff --git a/playbooks/openafs-rpm-package-build/run.yaml b/playbooks/openafs-rpm-package-build/run.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0e2d4687
--- /dev/null
+++ b/playbooks/openafs-rpm-package-build/run.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- hosts: all
+  roles:
+    - openafs-rpm-package-build
diff --git a/roles/openafs-rpm-package-build/README.rst b/roles/openafs-rpm-package-build/README.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd28281b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openafs-rpm-package-build/README.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Build OpenAFS RPM packages
+
+This builds RPM packages for openafs
diff --git a/roles/openafs-rpm-package-build/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/openafs-rpm-package-build/tasks/main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f48fb2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/openafs-rpm-package-build/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+- name: Install prereqs
+  package:
+    name:
+      - rpm-build
+      - kernel-devel
+      - createrepo
+  become: yes
+
+- name: Install centos8 packages
+  package:
+    name:
+      - elfutils-devel
+  become: yes
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version == '8'
+
+# https://wiki.openafs.org/devel/HowToBuildOpenAfsRpmPackages/
+- name: Build and install srpm
+  environment:
+    PACKAGER: "{{ (ansible_distribution_major_version == '7') | ternary('yum', 'dnf') }}"
+  shell: |
+      set -eux
+
+      VERSION=1.8.5
+
+      mkdir openafs
+      wget https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/${VERSION}/openafs-${VERSION}-src.tar.bz2
+      wget https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/${VERSION}/openafs-${VERSION}-doc.tar.bz2
+      wget https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/${VERSION}/RELNOTES-${VERSION}
+      wget https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/${VERSION}/ChangeLog
+
+      # Build the source RPM.
+      tar xf openafs-${VERSION}-src.tar.bz2 --strip-components=4 '*/makesrpm.pl'
+      perl makesrpm.pl openafs-${VERSION}-src.tar.bz2 openafs-${VERSION}-doc.tar.bz2 RELNOTES-${VERSION} ChangeLog
+
+      if [[ ${PACKAGER} == "yum" ]]; then
+        sudo yum-builddep -y openafs-${VERSION}-1.src.rpm
+      else
+        sudo dnf builddep -y openafs-${VERSION}-1.src.rpm
+      fi
+
+      rpm -i openafs-${VERSION}-1.src.rpm
+
+      pushd ~/rpmbuild/SPECS
+      rpmbuild -ba ./openafs.spec
+      popd
+
+      # create final repo
+      createrepo ~/rpmbuild/RPMS/{{ ansible_architecture }}
+
+- name: Copy built rpms
+  synchronize:
+    src: '{{ ansible_user_dir }}/rpmbuild/'
+    dest: '{{ zuul.executor.log_root }}'
+    mode: pull
+    rsync_opts:
+      - --include=/RPMS/**
+      - --include=/SRPMS/**
+      - --include=*/
+      - --exclude=*
+      - --prune-empty-dirs
+
+- name: Return build artifact
+  zuul_return:
+    data:
+      zuul:
+        artifacts:
+          - name: rpms
+            url: RPMS
+            metadata:
+              type: rpm
+          - name: srpms
+            url: SRPMS
+            metadata:
+              type: srpm
+
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 85715553..5dcd4643 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -1021,6 +1021,32 @@
       tox_envlist: infra-docs
       sphinx_build_dir: docs-site
 
+- job:
+    name: openafs-rpm-package-build
+    description: |
+      There are no official builds for AFS on Centos, hence we build
+      our own and publish them to tarballs.openstack.org for our
+      centos hosts that need access to the mirror to consume.
+    run: playbooks/openafs-rpm-package-build/run.yaml
+    files:
+      - playbooks/openafs-rpm-package-build
+      - roles/openafs-rpm-package-build
+
+- job:
+    name: openafs-rpm-package-build-centos-7-x86
+    parent: openafs-rpm-package-build
+    nodeset: centos-7
+
+- job:
+    name: openafs-rpm-package-build-centos-8-x86
+    parent: openafs-rpm-package-build
+    nodeset: centos-8
+
+- job:
+    name: openafs-rpm-package-build-centos-8-arm64
+    parent: openafs-rpm-package-build
+    nodeset: centos-8-arm64
+
 - job:
     name: project-config-build-openafs-centos
     description: |
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index ae70024f..89ccb050 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
     check:
       jobs:
+        - openafs-rpm-package-build-centos-7-x86
+        - openafs-rpm-package-build-centos-8-x86
+        - openafs-rpm-package-build-centos-8-arm64
         - openstack-infra-extra-integration-xenial
         - openstack-infra-extra-integration-bionic
         - openstack-zuul-jobs-linters