diff --git a/cmdline/CMakeLists.txt b/cmdline/CMakeLists.txt
index 8218e7d13d4252a47e4c9c0e9af106854b6677f2..37a98021394d2ca7a44bbf0d917eca98ad42cf4e 100644
--- a/cmdline/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmdline/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ target_link_libraries(cta-admin XrdSsiPbEosCta XrdSsi-4 XrdSsiLib)
 set_property (TARGET cta-admin APPEND PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH ${PROTOBUF3_RPATH})
 # Get some extra debug messages on stdout
 #target_compile_definitions(cta-admin PUBLIC XRDSSI_DEBUG)
-install(TARGETS cta-admin DESTINATION usr/bin)
 
 #
 # cta-wfe-test archive|retrieve|delete <options> allows testing of the SSI WorkFlow Engine hooks
@@ -51,5 +50,8 @@ target_link_libraries(cta-wfe-test cryptopp ctacommon XrdSsiPbEosCta XrdSsi-4 Xr
 set_property (TARGET cta-wfe-test APPEND PROPERTY INSTALL_RPATH ${PROTOBUF3_RPATH})
 # Get some extra debug messages on stdout
 #target_compile_definitions(eoscta_stub PUBLIC XRDSSI_DEBUG)
+
+install(TARGETS cta-admin DESTINATION usr/bin)
 install(TARGETS cta-wfe-test DESTINATION usr/bin)
+install(FILES cta-cli.conf DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_SYSCONFDIR}/cta)
 
diff --git a/cmdline/cta-cli.conf b/cmdline/cta-cli.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..28cac16b4acfc1b4797490770ca7c5c4b9eddcc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmdline/cta-cli.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# The CTA frontend address in the form <FQDN>:<TCPPort>
+<host>.cern.ch:10955
diff --git a/cta.spec.in b/cta.spec.in
index b0ac81201297ed5037a520eb19a6f73cc2c4ff69..980132934869badf897fa52ac0ae875f127ae405 100644
--- a/cta.spec.in
+++ b/cta.spec.in
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ The xroot plugin
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/cta-admin
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/cta-wfe-test
+%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cta/cta-cli.conf
 
 %else
 
@@ -177,6 +178,7 @@ The xroot plugin
 %defattr(-,root,root)
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/cta-admin
 %attr(0755,root,root) %{_bindir}/cta-wfe-test
+%attr(0644,root,root) %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/cta/cta-cli.conf
 
 %package -n cta-lib
 Summary: CERN Tape Archive libraries