diff --git a/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/cyrus_sasl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/cyrus_sasl/package.py
index 97d9bf9694e..e4b71facacb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/cyrus_sasl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/cyrus_sasl/package.py
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ class CyrusSasl(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on("groff", type="build")
     depends_on("openssl", type="link")
     depends_on("libxcrypt", type="link")
+    depends_on("krb5", type="link")