diff --git a/Control/AthenaConfiguration/python/AllConfigFlags.py b/Control/AthenaConfiguration/python/AllConfigFlags.py
index f0d306716fc1df8be9efe9468a8ecefe7602020c..50c16040d7a59ede6b20aa346de8fa0c0f084a31 100644
--- a/Control/AthenaConfiguration/python/AllConfigFlags.py
+++ b/Control/AthenaConfiguration/python/AllConfigFlags.py
@@ -75,13 +75,13 @@ def _createCfgFlags():
 
 #LAr Flags:
     try:
-        import LArCellRec # Suppress flake8 unused import warning: # noqa: F401
-        haveLArCellRec = True
+        import LArConfiguration # Suppress flake8 unused import warning: # noqa: F401
+        haveLArConfiguration = True
     except ImportError:
-        haveLArCellRec = False
+        haveLArConfiguration = False
 
-    if haveLArCellRec:
-        from LArCellRec.LArConfigFlags import createLArConfigFlags
+    if haveLArConfiguration:
+        from LArConfiguration.LArConfigFlags import createLArConfigFlags
         lcf=createLArConfigFlags()
         acf.join(lcf)
 
diff --git a/LArCalorimeter/LArConfiguration/CMakeLists.txt b/LArCalorimeter/LArConfiguration/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..39c8eb53fd2c2d782f296717e6cf4f000d1dbbe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LArCalorimeter/LArConfiguration/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+################################################################################
+# Package: LArConfiguration
+################################################################################
+
+# Declare the package name:
+atlas_subdir( LArConfiguration )
+
+# Install files from the package:
+atlas_install_python_modules( python/*.py )
+
diff --git a/LArCalorimeter/LArCellRec/python/LArConfigFlags.py b/LArCalorimeter/LArConfiguration/python/LArConfigFlags.py
similarity index 100%
rename from LArCalorimeter/LArCellRec/python/LArConfigFlags.py
rename to LArCalorimeter/LArConfiguration/python/LArConfigFlags.py
diff --git a/LArCalorimeter/LArConfiguration/python/__init__.py b/LArCalorimeter/LArConfiguration/python/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4e669a90b8bb38f0bfd2b2b839d01aa2194e673f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LArCalorimeter/LArConfiguration/python/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2019 CERN for the benefit of the ATLAS collaboration
diff --git a/Projects/AthSimulation/package_filters.txt b/Projects/AthSimulation/package_filters.txt
index 01d13cfba1fcce22682cd418593e8c4904462d68..9cb90575f32a1d9216643ebd483bf225a673380f 100644
--- a/Projects/AthSimulation/package_filters.txt
+++ b/Projects/AthSimulation/package_filters.txt
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@
 + LArCalorimeter/LArCnv/LArIdCnv
 + LArCalorimeter/LArCnv/LArSimEventAthenaPool
 + LArCalorimeter/LArCnv/LArSimEventTPCnv
++ LArCalorimeter/LArConfiguration
 + LArCalorimeter/LArDetDescr
 + LArCalorimeter/LArElecCalib
 + LArCalorimeter/LArExample/LArConditionsCommon