diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cistem/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cistem/package.py
index d34f0bdbf22..d221c967b59 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cistem/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cistem/package.py
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ class Cistem(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     depends_on('wxwidgets@3.0.2')
     depends_on('fftw')
+    depends_on('libtiff')