diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lammps/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lammps/package.py
index b1f30515bad..63a56f4f1da 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lammps/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lammps/package.py
@@ -909,6 +909,12 @@ def cmake_args(self):
                 args.append("-DFFT=MKL")
             if "^amdfftw" in spec:
                 args.append(self.define("FFT", "FFTW3"))
+            if "^armpl-gcc" in spec:
+                args.append(self.define("FFT", "FFTW3"))
+                args.append(self.define("FFTW3_LIBRARY", self.spec["fftw-api"].libs[0]))
+                args.append(
+                    self.define("FFTW3_INCLUDE_DIR", self.spec["fftw-api"].headers.directories[0])
+                )
             if "^cray-fftw" in spec:
                 args.append("-DFFT=FFTW3")
             # Using the -DFFT_SINGLE setting trades off a little accuracy