diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libnrm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libnrm/package.py
index b64b5827890..c672c7fa8b9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libnrm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libnrm/package.py
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ class Libnrm(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on("pkgconfig", type="build")
 
     depends_on("libzmq")
-    depends_on("mpich")
+    depends_on("mpi")