diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zoltan/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zoltan/package.py
index b77419338fd..44517b3f7eb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zoltan/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/zoltan/package.py
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ def configure_args(self):
         # PGI runtime libraries
         if '%pgi' in spec:
             config_ldflags.append('-pgf90libs')
+        # NVHPC runtime libraries
+        if '%nvhpc' in spec:
+            config_ldflags.append('-fortranlibs')
         if '+shared' in spec:
             config_args.extend([
                 'RANLIB=echo',