diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openspeedshop/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openspeedshop/package.py
index 95c3819c6ef..a86465b1ba8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openspeedshop/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openspeedshop/package.py
@@ -77,10 +77,14 @@ class Openspeedshop(CMakePackage):
                          to point to target build.")
     variant('cuda', default=False,
             description="build with cuda packages included.")
+
     variant('gui', default='qt3', values=('none', 'qt3', 'qt4'), 
             description='Build or not build a GUI of choice'
     )
 
+    variant('build_type', default='None', values=('None'),
+            description='CMake build type')
+
     # MPI variants
     variant('openmpi', default=False,
             description="Build mpi collector for openmpi \
@@ -220,6 +224,9 @@ def cmake_args(self):
                 if guitype == 'none':
                     cmake_args.extend(
                         ['-DBUILD_QT3_GUI=FALSE'])
+                elif guitype == 'qt4':
+                    cmake_args.extend(
+                        ['-DBUILD_QT3_GUI=FALSE'])
                 elif guitype == 'qt3':
                     cmake_args.extend(
                         ['-DQTLIB_DIR=%s'