diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index de8c74553..375f41d21 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - **56_ghg_policy** added optional temporal and regional fader for GHG emission pricing policy
 - **cropland** added option for discarding initial treecover on cropland
 - **script** added output script for conversion of validation.mif file into validation.rds
+- **script** for downscaling to 0.25 deg using LUH2v2h as reference via mrdownscale
 
 ### removed
 -
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index c6ed62ba5..5420bd36b 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Imports:
 Suggests:
     goxygen,
     languageserver,
+    mrdownscale (>= 0.23.0),
     qgraph,
     shinyresults,
     XML
diff --git a/scripts/output/extra/disaggregation_mrdownscale.R b/scripts/output/extra/disaggregation_mrdownscale.R
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..13ff3fa21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/output/extra/disaggregation_mrdownscale.R
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# |  (C) 2008-2024 Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
+# |  authors, and contributors see CITATION.cff file. This file is part
+# |  of MAgPIE and licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later. Under Section 7 of
+# |  AGPL-3.0, you are granted additional permissions described in the
+# |  MAgPIE License Exception, version 1.0 (see LICENSE file).
+# |  Contact: magpie@pik-potsdam.de
+
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# description: Downscale MAgPIE results to 0.25 degree resolution in LUH2 format for ESMs
+# comparison script: FALSE
+# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+library(mrdownscale)
+downscaleRunESM(outputdir)