diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py
index cfd14ae805d..957419b64a6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dihydrogen/package.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ class Dihydrogen(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
 
     for arch in CudaPackage.cuda_arch_values:
         depends_on('aluminum cuda_arch=%s' % arch, when='+al +cuda cuda_arch=%s' % arch)
+        depends_on('nvshmem cuda_arch=%s' % arch, when='+nvshmem +cuda cuda_arch=%s' % arch)
 
     # variants +rocm and amdgpu_targets are not automatically passed to
     # dependencies, so do it manually.