diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
index 6bf5ea66bb9..565ec5d3807 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ def append_from_variant(*args):
         append_define('CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR:STRING', self.prefix.bin)
         append_define('TPL_BLAS_LIBRARIES', spec['blas'].libs)
         append_define('TPL_LAPACK_LIBRARIES', spec['lapack'].libs)
+        append_define('TPL_ENABLE_LAPACKLIB', True)
         append_define('USE_XSDK_DEFAULTS', True)
         append_define('TPL_PARMETIS_LIBRARIES', [
             spec['parmetis'].libs.ld_flags,