diff --git a/32-cpio.sh b/32-cpio.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bb8865
--- /dev/null
+++ b/32-cpio.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "`whoami`" == "root" ]; then
+  echo "Danger, Will Robinson!"
+  echo "Do not execute me as r00t"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+TARBALL="cpio-2.15.tar.bz2"
+DNL="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/cpio/cpio-2.15.tar.bz2"
+SHA256="937610b97c329a1ec9268553fb780037bcfff0dcffe9725ebc4fd9c1aa9075db"
+
+[ -d cpio-2.15 ] && rm -rf cpio-2.15
+
+if [ ! -f ${TARBALL} ]; then
+  wget ${DNL}
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Could not retrieve ${DNL}"
+    echo "Sorry."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+CHECK="`sha256sum ${TARBALL} |awk ' { print $1 } ' `"
+if [ "${CHECK}" != "${SHA256}" ]; then
+  echo "${TARBALL} does not match expected SHA256. Sorry."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+tar -jxf ${TARBALL} && cd cpio-2.15
+./configure --prefix=/usr \
+            --enable-mt \
+            --with-rmt=/usr/libexec/rmt
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Configure script failed for cpio. Sorry."
+  exit 1
+fi
+make
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Failed building cpio. Sorry."
+  exit 1
+fi
+makeinfo --html -o doc/html doc/cpio.texi
+makeinfo --html --no-split -o doc/cpio.html doc/cpio.texi
+makeinfo --plaintext -o doc/cpio.txt  doc/cpio.texi
+
+cat > makeinstall.sh << "EOF"
+#!/bin/bash
+make install
+install -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/cpio-2.15/html
+install -m644 doc/html/* \
+              /usr/share/doc/cpio-2.15/html
+install -m644 doc/cpio.{html,txt} \
+              /usr/share/doc/cpio-2.15
+EOF
+
+echo
+echo "As the root user:"
+echo
+echo "  cd cpio-2.15"
+echo "  bash makeinstall.sh"
+echo
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6987c85..1c209ad 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -333,6 +333,14 @@ Justification: Required to build RPM 4.20.0 (current)
 * Status: Script Works
 * Note: Did not try starting the service
 
+Dependency Thirty-Two: cpio
+---------------------------
+
+Justification: RPM run-time dependency.
+
+* Script: [`32-cpio.sh`](32-cpio.sh)
+* Status: Script Works
+
 
 
 Build RPM 4.20.0