diff --git a/var/spack/packages/binutils/package.py b/var/spack/packages/binutils/package.py
index 29b8de462b4..5ef9a80cca9 100644
--- a/var/spack/packages/binutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/packages/binutils/package.py
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ class Binutils(Package):
 
     variant('libiberty', default=False, description='Also install libiberty.')
 
+    variant('libiberty', default=False, description='Also install libiberty.')
+
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
 
         configure_args = [