diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ravel/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ravel/package.py
index dee24dfa894..86c918a3674 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ravel/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ravel/package.py
@@ -14,13 +14,15 @@ class Ravel(CMakePackage):
     url = 'https://github.com/llnl/ravel/archive/v1.0.0.tar.gz'
 
     version('1.0.0', sha256='e1e1ac6d70c9aae915623d81a8f1258488fd26f880612fe21f2e032827aa93eb')
+    # See https://github.com/LLNL/ravel/pull/18
+    patch('qpainterpath.patch')
 
     depends_on('cmake@2.8.9:', type='build')
 
     depends_on('muster@1.0.1:')
     depends_on('otf')
     depends_on('otf2')
-    depends_on('qt@5:')
+    depends_on('qt@5:+opengl')
 
     def cmake_args(self):
         return ['-Wno-dev']
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ravel/qpainterpath.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ravel/qpainterpath.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..208ecd67f39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/ravel/qpainterpath.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- a/src/stepvis.cpp
++++ b/src/stepvis.cpp
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
+ #include <QLocale>
+ #include <QMouseEvent>
+ #include <QWheelEvent>
++#include <QPainterPath> 
+ 
+ #include "function.h"
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