diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hiop/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hiop/package.py
index 8d85f27019e..f8b46161d08 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hiop/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hiop/package.py
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ class Hiop(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
     version("master", branch="master")
     version("develop", branch="develop")
 
+    depends_on("c", type="build")
+    depends_on("cxx", type="build")
+    depends_on("fortran", type="build")
+
+    variant(
+        "axom",
+        default=False,
+        description="Enable/Disable AXOM to use Sidre for scalable checkpointing",
+    )
     variant("jsrun", default=False, description="Enable/Disable jsrun command for testing")
     variant("shared", default=False, description="Enable/Disable shared libraries")
     variant("mpi", default=True, description="Enable/Disable MPI")
@@ -152,6 +161,8 @@ class Hiop(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
     # This is no longer a requirement in RAJA > 0.14
     depends_on("umpire+cuda~shared", when="+raja+cuda ^raja@:0.14")
 
+    depends_on("axom", when="+axom")
+
     conflicts(
         "+shared",
         when="+cuda+raja ^raja@:0.14",
@@ -203,6 +214,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
                 self.define_from_variant("HIOP_USE_MPI", "mpi"),
                 self.define_from_variant("HIOP_DEEPCHECKS", "deepchecking"),
                 self.define_from_variant("HIOP_USE_CUDA", "cuda"),
+                self.define_from_variant("HIOP_USE_AXOM", "axom"),
                 self.define_from_variant("HIOP_USE_HIP", "rocm"),
                 self.define_from_variant("HIOP_USE_RAJA", "raja"),
                 self.define_from_variant("HIOP_USE_UMPIRE", "raja"),
@@ -272,6 +284,9 @@ def cmake_args(self):
         if spec.satisfies("+sparse"):
             args.append(self.define("HIOP_COINHSL_DIR", spec["coinhsl"].prefix))
 
+        if spec.satisfies("+axom"):
+            args.append(self.define("AXOM_DIR", spec["axom"].prefix))
+
         return args
 
     # If testing on a cluster without access to home directory in a job, you may