diff --git a/tools/ci/gha-install.py b/tools/ci/gha-install.py
index 4c69ba70b..ea317b5f0 100644
--- a/tools/ci/gha-install.py
+++ b/tools/ci/gha-install.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def which(program):
     return None
 
 
-def install(omp=False, mpi=False, phdf5=False, dagmc=False, libmesh=False):
+def install(omp=False, mpi=False, phdf5=False, dagmc=False, libmesh=False, mcpl=False):
     # Create build directory and change to it
     shutil.rmtree('build', ignore_errors=True)
     os.mkdir('build')
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ def install(omp=False, mpi=False, phdf5=False, dagmc=False, libmesh=False):
         libmesh_path = os.environ.get('HOME') + '/LIBMESH'
         cmake_cmd.append('-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=' + libmesh_path)
 
+    if mcpl:
+        cmake_cmd.append('-DOPENMC_USE_MCPL=ON')
+
     # Build in coverage mode for coverage testing
     cmake_cmd.append('-DOPENMC_ENABLE_COVERAGE=on')
 
@@ -71,9 +74,10 @@ def main():
     phdf5 = (os.environ.get('PHDF5') == 'y')
     dagmc = (os.environ.get('DAGMC') == 'y')
     libmesh = (os.environ.get('LIBMESH') == 'y')
+    mcpl = (os.environ.get('MCPL') == 'y')
 
     # Build and install
-    install(omp, mpi, phdf5, dagmc, libmesh)
+    install(omp, mpi, phdf5, dagmc, libmesh, mcpl)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     main()
diff --git a/tools/ci/gha-install.sh b/tools/ci/gha-install.sh
index aa40eb90b..68e825d48 100755
--- a/tools/ci/gha-install.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/gha-install.sh
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ if [[ $LIBMESH = 'y' ]]; then
     ./tools/ci/gha-install-libmesh.sh
 fi
 
+# Install mcpl if needed
+if [[ $MCPL = 'y' ]]; then
+    ./tools/ci/gha-install-mcpl.sh
+fi
+
 # For MPI configurations, make sure mpi4py and h5py are built against the
 # correct version of MPI
 if [[ $MPI == 'y' ]]; then