diff --git a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/xref_config.ini b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/xref_config.ini
index bcbc9a174b439dff8d9de5b281686838eb61cc75..8fcb5a62fff25971f19f3ec686f84a6acb7ff8eb 100644
--- a/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/xref_config.ini
+++ b/misc-scripts/xref_mapping/xref_config.ini
@@ -3134,6 +3134,18 @@ parser          = RFAMParser
 release_uri     = 
 data_uri        = ftp://ftp.sanger.ac.uk/pub/databases/Rfam/CURRENT/Rfam.seed.gz
 
+
+[source RFAM::EG]
+name            = RFAM
+download        = Y
+order           = 70
+priority        = 1
+prio_descr      =
+parser          = RFAMParser_EG
+release_uri     = 
+data_uri        = ftp://ftp.sanger.ac.uk/pub/databases/Rfam/CURRENT/Rfam.seed.gz
+
+
 [source miRBase::MULTI]
 # Used by bos_taurus, canis_familiaris, ciona_intestinalis, ciona_savignyi, danio_rerio, dasypus_novemcinctus, erinaceus_europaeus, gallus_gallus, gasterosteus_aculeatus, homo_sapiens, loxodonta_africana, macaca_mulatta, monodelphis_domestica, mus_musculus, myotis_lucifugus, oryctolagus_cuniculus, oryzias_latipes, pan_troglodytes,pongo_abelii, rattus_norvegicus, ictidomys_tridecemlineatus, takifugu_rubripes, tupaia_belangeri, xenopus_tropicalis, ornithorhynchus_anatinus
 name            = miRBase