diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/clang.py b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/clang.py
index 340051019cc..998d4e59323 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/clang.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/clang.py
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ def default_version(self, comp):
                Thread model: posix
         """
         return get_compiler_version(
-            comp, '--version', r'(?:clang version|based on LLVM) ([^ )]+)')
+            comp, '--version', r'(?:clang version|based on LLVM|LLVM version) ([^ )]+)')