diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cyrus-sasl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cyrus-sasl/package.py
index 355180ab792..930de4aa7ce 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cyrus-sasl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cyrus-sasl/package.py
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ class CyrusSasl(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on('autoconf', type='build')
     depends_on('automake', type='build')
     depends_on('libtool',  type='build')
+    depends_on('groff',    type='build')