diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/otf2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/otf2/package.py
index bf5f6eb4aa9..f163c02dcc0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/otf2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/otf2/package.py
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ class Otf2(AutotoolsPackage):
     def configure_args(self):
         return [
             '--enable-shared',
+            'CC={0}'.format(spack_cc),
+            'CXX={0}'.format(spack_cxx),
+            'F77={0}'.format(spack_f77),
+            'FC={0}'.format(spack_fc),
             'CFLAGS={0}'.format(self.compiler.pic_flag),
             'CXXFLAGS={0}'.format(self.compiler.pic_flag)
         ]