diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openpmd-api/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openpmd-api/package.py
index f18a153b246..31dfe541c1d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openpmd-api/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openpmd-api/package.py
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ def setup_run_environment(self, env):
             env.prepend_path('CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH', spec['mpi'].prefix)
         if spec.satisfies("+adios1"):
             env.prepend_path('CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH', spec['adios'].prefix)
+            env.prepend_path('PATH', spec['adios'].prefix.bin)  # adios-config
         if spec.satisfies("+adios2"):
             env.prepend_path('CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH', spec['adios2'].prefix)
         if spec.satisfies("+hdf5"):