diff --git a/cime_config/config_component.xml b/cime_config/config_component.xml
index f986cfad2..9fc9fce27 100644
--- a/cime_config/config_component.xml
+++ b/cime_config/config_component.xml
@@ -556,6 +556,28 @@
     <desc>system workload snapshot frequency (in seconds, if greater than 0; disabled otherwise)</desc>
   </entry>
 
+  <!-- ===================================================================== -->
+  <!-- definitions nemo_rebuild -->
+  <!-- ===================================================================== -->
+
+  <entry id="NEMO_REBUILD">
+    <type>logical</type>
+    <valid_values>TRUE,FALSE</valid_values>
+    <default_value>FALSE</default_value>
+    <group>run_data_archive</group>
+    <file>env_run.xml</file>
+    <desc>if true, NEMO output files rebuild is performed at the end of run</desc>
+  </entry>
+
+  <entry id="NEMO_REBUILD_ROOT">
+    <type>char</type>
+    <valid_values></valid_values>
+    <default_value>$ENV{CIMEROOT}/../components/nemo/source/utils</default_value>
+    <group>run_data_archive</group>
+    <file>env_run.xml</file>
+    <desc>directory where the script to rebuild the NEMO multiple outputs is</desc>
+  </entry>
+
   <!-- ===================================================================== -->
   <!-- definitions machines specific -->
   <!-- ===================================================================== -->