diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/plumed/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/plumed/package.py
index 2c24d42c36c..04041f43df5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/plumed/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/plumed/package.py
@@ -292,10 +292,9 @@ def configure_args(self):
         if "+mpi" in spec:
             configure_opts.extend(["--enable-mpi", "CXX={0}".format(spec["mpi"].mpicxx)])
 
-            # If the MPI dependency is provided by the intel-mpi package then
-            # the following additional argument is required to allow it to
-            # build.
-            if "intel-mpi" in spec:
+            # If the MPI dependency is provided by the intel-oneapi-mpi package then the following
+            # additional argument is required to allow it to build.
+            if spec.satisfies("^[virtuals=mpi] intel-oneapi-mpi"):
                 configure_opts.extend(["STATIC_LIBS=-mt_mpi"])
 
         extra_libs = []