diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spectrum-mpi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spectrum-mpi/package.py
index c2b08c00866..fff7c3f2ad1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spectrum-mpi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/spectrum-mpi/package.py
@@ -68,3 +68,5 @@ def setup_dependent_environment(self, spack_env, run_env, dependent_spec):
         spack_env.set('OMPI_CXX', spack_cxx)
         spack_env.set('OMPI_FC', spack_fc)
         spack_env.set('OMPI_F77', spack_f77)
+
+        spack_env.prepend_path('LD_LIBRARY_PATH', self.prefix.lib)