diff --git a/defaults/main.yaml b/defaults/main.yaml
index 0526290..c44336b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yaml
+++ b/defaults/main.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ repos_location: /etc/yum.repos.d
 # Enable / configure the EPEL repository for all RedHat-based distributions
 repos_enable_epel: true
 
+# Enable / configure the SCL repository for CentOS / Oracle Linux
+repos_enable_scl: false
+
 # Enable custom repos. These are a list of the following components:
 # repos_custom_repos:
 #   - name: mysql-5.6-community
diff --git a/tasks/centos.yaml b/tasks/centos.yaml
index a665e57..cc4635d 100644
--- a/tasks/centos.yaml
+++ b/tasks/centos.yaml
@@ -32,3 +32,10 @@
     state: latest
     disable_excludes: all
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version == '7' and repos_enable_epel
+
+- name: install SCL repo (EL7)
+  yum:
+    name: centos-release-scl
+    state: latest
+    disable_excludes: all
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version == '7' and repos_enable_scl
diff --git a/tasks/oraclelinux.yaml b/tasks/oraclelinux.yaml
index ef70e3c..23b18c8 100644
--- a/tasks/oraclelinux.yaml
+++ b/tasks/oraclelinux.yaml
@@ -40,3 +40,10 @@
     disable_excludes: all
   when: ansible_distribution_major_version == '7' and repos_enable_epel
 
+- name: install SCL repo (EL7)
+  yum:
+    name: oracle-softwarecollection-release-el7
+    state: latest
+    disable_excludes: all
+  when: ansible_distribution_major_version == '7' and repos_enable_scl
+