diff --git a/files/changelog b/files/changelog
index 0c184cb171a663e94e3c2146e2f91897a9782545..a2464af95c10469b2d9a79b75745888a3e617599 100644
--- a/files/changelog
+++ b/files/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,14 @@
+heposlibs (7.2.4-1.zesty) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Follow the developments on HEP_OSlibs-7.2.4-1 for el7 x86_64.
+    Dependencies include 180 packages on amd64.
+
+  * [Requestor: D. Berzano (ALICE)].
+    Add attr as requested by ALICE to check the status of CVMFS.
+
+ -- Andrea Valassi <andrea.valassi@cern.ch>  Wed, 05 Dec 2017 15:30:00 +0200
+
+
 heposlibs (7.2.3-1.zesty) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Follow the developments on HEP_OSlibs-7.2.3-1 for el7 x86_64.
diff --git a/heposlibs.ctl b/heposlibs.ctl
index bb88efe9826de9ee2c7f8fdb699225e30d47bb25..ff6bb973d1679aeb33d3524a658aaad48d36f053 100644
--- a/heposlibs.ctl
+++ b/heposlibs.ctl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package: heposlibs
-Version: 7.2.3-1.zesty
+Version: 7.2.4-1.zesty
 Section: misc
 Priority: optional
 Homepage: https://gitlab.cern.ch/linuxsupport/rpms/HEP_OSlibs
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Depends:
  libasound2-dev,
  libatlas3-base,
  libatlas-base-dev,
+ attr,
  bash,
  dnsutils, 
  binutils,