diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/h5z-zfp/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/h5z-zfp/package.py
index 0063c2fd37d..ddb03c64e0c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/h5z-zfp/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/h5z-zfp/package.py
@@ -38,8 +38,7 @@ class H5zZfp(MakefilePackage):
     variant('fortran', default=True, description='Enable Fortran support')
 
     depends_on('hdf5')
-#    depends_on('zfp bsws=8')
-    depends_on('zfp')
+    depends_on('zfp bsws=8')
 
     @property
     def make_defs(self):