diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py
index d69a73669b1..3b6f307b02a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/silo/package.py
@@ -119,3 +119,10 @@ def configure_args(self):
             config_args.append('FC=%s' % spec['mpi'].mpifc)
 
         return config_args
+
+    @property
+    def libs(self):
+        shared = "+shared" in self.spec
+        return find_libraries(
+            "libsilo*", root=self.prefix, shared=shared, recursive=True
+        )