diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
index 74d6b3ecddd..eebe9ca1a21 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/coreutils/package.py
@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ def configure_args(self):
        configure_args = []
        
        if spec.satisfies('platform=darwin'):
+          configure_args.append('--program-prefix=g')
           configure_args.append('--without-gmp')
           configure_args.append('gl_cv_func_ftello_works=yes')
           configure_args.append('FORCE_UNSAFE_CONFIGURE=1')
           
-          return configure_args
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+          return configure_args
+   
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