diff --git a/config/platform_checks.cmake b/config/platform_checks.cmake
index c9841b0d..aeecc767 100644
--- a/config/platform_checks.cmake
+++ b/config/platform_checks.cmake
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ macro( query_craype )
       # We expect developers to use the Cray compiler wrappers (especially in
       # setupMPI.cmake). See also
       # https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/module/FindMPI.html
+      if( NOT "$ENV{CXX}" MATCHES "/lib/spack/env/" )
+        # skip this check if building from within spack.
       if( NOT "$ENV{CXX}" MATCHES "CC$" OR
           NOT "$ENV{CC}" MATCHES "cc$" OR
           NOT "$ENV{FC}" MATCHES "ftn$" OR
@@ -110,6 +112,7 @@ macro( query_craype )
 "   export CRAYPE_LINK_TYPE=dynamic\n"
 "Otherwise please email this error message and other related information to"
 " draco@lanl.gov.\n" )
+        endif()
       endif()
       message( STATUS
         "Looking to see if we are building in a Cray Environment..."