diff --git a/cmake/Packaging.cmake b/cmake/Packaging.cmake
index 2a75515b4c..83e91d73ee 100644
--- a/cmake/Packaging.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Packaging.cmake
@@ -125,6 +125,39 @@ install(FILES ${_cmake_package_dest}
     DESTINATION ./Tools/Redistributables/CMake
 )
 
+# temporary workaround for acquiring the 3rd party SPDX license manifest, the desired location is from
+# another git repository that's private.  once it's public, only how the URL is formed should change
+set(LY_INSTALLER_3RD_PARTY_LICENSE_URL "" CACHE STRING "URL to the 3rd party SPDX license manifest file for inclusion in packaging.")
+
+if(${LY_VERSION_STRING} VERSION_GREATER "0.0.0.0" AND NOT LY_INSTALLER_3RD_PARTY_LICENSE_URL)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Missing required URL for the 3rd party SPDX license manifest file.  "
+        "Please specifiy where to acquire the file via LY_INSTALLER_3RD_PARTY_LICENSE_URL")
+endif()
+
+string(REPLACE "/" ";" _url_components ${LY_INSTALLER_3RD_PARTY_LICENSE_URL})
+list(POP_BACK _url_components _3rd_party_license_filename)
+
+set(_3rd_party_license_dest ${CPACK_BINARY_DIR}/${_3rd_party_license_filename})
+
+# use the plain file downloader as we don't have the file hash available and using a dummy will
+# delete the file once it fails hash verification
+file(DOWNLOAD
+    ${LY_INSTALLER_3RD_PARTY_LICENSE_URL}
+    ${_3rd_party_license_dest}
+    STATUS _status
+    TLS_VERIFY ON
+)
+list(POP_FRONT _status _status_code)
+
+if (${_status_code} EQUAL 0 AND EXISTS ${_3rd_party_license_dest})
+    install(FILES ${_3rd_party_license_dest}
+        DESTINATION .
+    )
+else()
+    file(REMOVE ${_3rd_party_license_dest})
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to acquire the 3rd Party license manifest file.  Error: ${_status}")
+endif()
+
 # checks for and removes trailing slash
 function(strip_trailing_slash in_url out_url)
     string(LENGTH ${in_url} _url_length)
diff --git a/scripts/build/Platform/Windows/build_config.json b/scripts/build/Platform/Windows/build_config.json
index c16e9a5dbe..04e32e9481 100644
--- a/scripts/build/Platform/Windows/build_config.json
+++ b/scripts/build/Platform/Windows/build_config.json
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
         "CONFIGURATION": "profile",
         "OUTPUT_DIRECTORY": "build\\windows_vs2019",
         "CMAKE_OPTIONS": "-G \"Visual Studio 16 2019\" -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_VERSION=10.0 -DLY_UNITY_BUILD=TRUE -DLY_DISABLE_TEST_MODULES=TRUE -DCPACK_WIX_ROOT=\"!WIX! \"",
-        "EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS": "-DLY_INSTALLER_AUTO_GEN_TAG=ON -DLY_INSTALLER_DOWNLOAD_URL=https://dkb1uj4hs9ikv.cloudfront.net -DLY_INSTALLER_LICENSE_URL=https://example.com",
+        "EXTRA_CMAKE_OPTIONS": "-DLY_INSTALLER_AUTO_GEN_TAG=ON -DLY_INSTALLER_DOWNLOAD_URL=https://dkb1uj4hs9ikv.cloudfront.net -DLY_INSTALLER_LICENSE_URL=https://example.com -DLY_INSTALLER_3RD_PARTY_LICENSE_URL=https://dkb1uj4hs9ikv.cloudfront.net/SPDX-Licenses.txt",
         "CPACK_BUCKET": "spectra-prism-staging-us-west-2",
         "CMAKE_LY_PROJECTS": "",
         "CMAKE_TARGET": "ALL_BUILD",