diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
index c9f384a9156..989158356d8 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             args.append('-Denable_openmp=ON')
         else:
             args.append('-Denable_openmp=OFF')
+            args.append('-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_OpenMP=ON')
 
         if '+shared' in spec:
             args.append('-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON')