diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scalasca/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scalasca/package.py
index fed9cb30dc5..f4fbeb0fecb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scalasca/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scalasca/package.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class Scalasca(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     # version 2.4+
     depends_on('cubew@4.4:', when='@2.4:')
+    depends_on('scorep@6.0:', when='@2.4:')
 
     # version 2.3+
     depends_on('otf2@2:', when='@2.3:')