diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spfft/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spfft/package.py
index 72e0fb6f89f..0010725a00d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spfft/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spfft/package.py
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ def cmake_args(self):
                 "-DHIP_CXX_COMPILER={0}".format(self.spec["hip"].hipcc),
             ]
 
-        if "fftw" in spec:
-            args += ["-DSPFFT_FFTW_LIB=FFTW"]
-        elif "intel-mkl" in spec:
+        if spec.satisfies("^[virtuals=fftw-api] intel-oneapi-mkl"):
             args += ["-DSPFFT_FFTW_LIB=MKL"]
+        else:
+            args += ["-DSPFFT_FFTW_LIB=FFTW"]
 
         return args