diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/codes/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/codes/package.py
index 6a04b05f0755c35d9829b35043860396ebd949bc..3a29fc1052d883e00ec5d63dcc35ece4b0bad2d2 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/codes/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/codes/package.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class Codes(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on('automake', type='build')
     depends_on('libtool', type='build')
     depends_on('m4', type='build')
-    depends_on('pkg-config', type='build')
+    depends_on('pkgconfig', type='build')
     depends_on('bison', type='build')
     depends_on('flex', type='build')
 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dia/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dia/package.py
index 735e150c67fd92a83ee6c0caa31cb83faf036e2d..3c6bed82f784f7803f8a1b9f8caa8be4bb0ac38d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dia/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/dia/package.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class Dia(Package):
 
     depends_on('intltool', type='build')
     depends_on('gettext', type='build')
-    depends_on('pkg-config', type='build')
+    depends_on('pkgconfig', type='build')
     depends_on('gtkplus@2.6.0:')
     depends_on('libxslt')
     depends_on('python')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nest/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nest/package.py
index 77fe5e9b0305f5cc3129d54ff322c6490a9405ff..dcc06d79177d8679578ce113bdb31414d105fe25 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nest/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/nest/package.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class Nest(CMakePackage):
     depends_on('gsl', when='+gsl')
     depends_on('readline')
     depends_on('libtool')
-    depends_on('pkg-config', type='build')
+    depends_on('pkgconfig', type='build')
 
     extends('python', when='+python')