diff --git a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
index 7d25f603492cf920be293fbc6ec26a77a5f798b5..5c07860eb19778b33789cf7c974b93fcf9437fa9 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
+++ b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.cpp
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ void RequestMessage::process(const cta::xrd::Request &request, cta::xrd::Respons
             case Workflow::OPENW:
                processOPENW (request.notification(), response);
                break;
+            case Workflow::CREATE:
+               processCREATE (request.notification(), response);
+               break;
             case Workflow::CLOSEW:
                processCLOSEW (request.notification(), response);
                break;
@@ -334,6 +337,18 @@ void RequestMessage::processOPENW(const cta::eos::Notification &notification, ct
    response.set_type(cta::xrd::Response::RSP_SUCCESS);
 }
 
+void RequestMessage::processCREATE(const cta::eos::Notification &notification, cta::xrd::Response &response)
+{
+   // Create a log entry
+
+   cta::log::ScopedParamContainer params(m_lc);
+   m_lc.log(cta::log::INFO, "In processCREATE(): ignoring CREATE event.");
+
+   // Set response type
+
+   response.set_type(cta::xrd::Response::RSP_SUCCESS);
+}
+
 void RequestMessage::processCLOSEW(const cta::eos::Notification &notification, cta::xrd::Response &response)
 {
    // Unpack message
diff --git a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.hpp b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.hpp
index 33c2ee9f2acb41516369dbf6c9226a8f75ce2f42..55d19cfe4728fb933ea009804ec9a018e1723811 100644
--- a/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.hpp
+++ b/xroot_plugins/XrdSsiCtaRequestMessage.hpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ private:
    typedef void notification_event_t(const cta::eos::Notification &notification, cta::xrd::Response &response);
 
    notification_event_t processOPENW;        //!< Ignore OPENW event
+   notification_event_t processCREATE;       //!< Ignore CREATE event
    notification_event_t processCLOSEW;       //!< Archive file event
    notification_event_t processPREPARE;      //!< Retrieve file event
    notification_event_t processDELETE;       //!< Delete file event