diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r3d/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r3d/package.py
index d5a77291540..6e2984253c6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r3d/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r3d/package.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class R3d(MakefilePackage):
 
     version('2019-04-24', git=url, commit='86cea79c124c6a8edd8c8cdea61e3e923acb0b22')
     version('2018-12-19', git=url, commit='47308f68c782ed3227d3dab1eff24d41f6421f21')
+    version('2018-01-07', git=url, commit='d6799a582256a120ef3bd7e18959e96cba0e5495')
 
     variant("test",  default=False, description="Build R3D regression tests")