diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libkml/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libkml/package.py
index 3ce837b4a7e..80e98d7af27 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libkml/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libkml/package.py
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ class Libkml(CMakePackage):
     depends_on('swig', when='+java', type='build')
     depends_on('swig', when='+python', type='build')
 
+    @property
+    def libs(self):
+        return find_libraries('libkmlbase', root=self.prefix, recursive=True)
+
     def cmake_args(self):
         spec = self.spec