diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mosh/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mosh/package.py
index 91318915850..dd0b914cb6f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mosh/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mosh/package.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Mosh(AutotoolsPackage):
     homepage = "https://mosh.org/"
     url      = "https://mosh.org/mosh-1.2.6.tar.gz"
 
+    version('1.3.0', 'd961276995936953bf2d5a794068b076')
     version('1.2.6', 'bb4e24795bb135a754558176a981ee9e')
 
     depends_on('protobuf')
@@ -43,3 +44,5 @@ class Mosh(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on('openssl')
 
     depends_on('perl', type='run')
+
+    build_directory = 'spack-build'