diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kealib/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kealib/package.py
index 96320beb510..88694bfcd17 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kealib/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/kealib/package.py
@@ -62,3 +62,8 @@ def cmake_args(self):
                 '-DHDF5_LIB_PATH={0}'.format(
                     spec['hdf5'].libs.directories[0])
             ]
+
+    @property
+    def libs(self):
+        return find_libraries('libkea', self.prefix,
+                              shared=True, recursive=True)