diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmod/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmod/package.py
index efa235f646a..caa9ea17b13 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmod/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lmod/package.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class Lmod(Package):
     depends_on('lua@5.2:')
     depends_on('lua-luaposix', type=nolink)
     depends_on('lua-luafilesystem', type=nolink)
+    depends_on('tcl')
 
     parallel = False
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/tcl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/tcl/package.py
index ef922314d8f..16d896acc6c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/tcl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/tcl/package.py
@@ -57,3 +57,5 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
             configure("--prefix={0}".format(prefix))
             make()
             make("install")
+        with working_dir(prefix.bin):
+            symlink('tclsh{0}'.format(self.version.up_to(2)), 'tclsh')