diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cinch/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cinch/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..caba1e469fa04e429c9934ef8c7dafd499b27d6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/cinch/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2019 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Cinch(Package):
+    """
+        Cinch is a set of utilities and configuration options designed to make
+        cmake builds easy to use and manage.
+    """
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/laristra/cinch"
+    url = "https://github.com/laristra/cinch/archive/1.0.zip"
+    git      = "https://github.com/laristra/cinch.git"
+
+    version('develop', branch='master', submodules=False)
+    version('1.0', sha256='98b73473829b478191481621d84c3d63c662da6e951321f858a032eae3ca07b7')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        # (CMake) Header Only library so just copy
+        install_tree(self.stage.source_path, prefix)
+
+    def setup_dependent_environment(self, spack_env, run_env, dependent_spec):
+        spack_env.prepend_path('CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH', self.prefix)
+        spack_env.set('CINCH_SOURCE_DIR', self.prefix)
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flecsi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flecsi/package.py
index 33a148a4c985d7fb4f5fa31ddd508f86edc6ba90..8424a14513abae366adbdf62a6b21b7320a7d3a5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flecsi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/flecsi/package.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class Flecsi(CMakePackage):
     homepage = "http://flecsi.lanl.gov/"
     git      = "https://github.com/laristra/flecsi.git"
 
-    version('develop', branch='master', submodules=True)
+    version('develop', branch='master', submodules=False)
     variant('backend', default='mpi', values=('serial', 'mpi', 'legion'),
             description="Backend to use for distributed memory")
     variant('graphviz', default=False,
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class Flecsi(CMakePackage):
             description='Build FleCSI Tutorials')
 
     depends_on("cmake@3.1:",  type='build')
+    # Requires cinch > 1.0 due to cinchlog installation issue
+    depends_on("cinch@1.01:", type='build')
     depends_on('mpi', when='backend=mpi')
     depends_on('mpi', when='backend=legion')
     depends_on("gasnet~pshm", when='backend=legion')
@@ -43,22 +45,23 @@ class Flecsi(CMakePackage):
 
     def cmake_args(self):
         options = ['-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=debug']
+        options.append('-DCINCH_SOURCE_DIR=' + self.spec['cinch'].prefix)
 
         if self.spec.variants['backend'].value == 'legion':
-            options.extend(['-DFLECSI_RUNTIME_MODEL=legion'])
+            options.append('-DFLECSI_RUNTIME_MODEL=legion')
         elif self.spec.variants['backend'].value == 'mpi':
-            options.extend(['-DFLECSI_RUNTIME_MODEL=mpi'])
+            options.append('-DFLECSI_RUNTIME_MODEL=mpi')
         else:
-            options.extend(['-DFLECSI_RUNTIME_MODEL=serial'])
-            options.extend([
+            options.append('-DFLECSI_RUNTIME_MODEL=serial')
+            options.append(
                 '-DENABLE_MPI=OFF',
-            ])
+            )
 
         if '+tutorial' in self.spec:
-            options.extend(['-DENABLE_FLECSIT=ON'])
-            options.extend(['-DENABLE_FLECSI_TUTORIAL=ON'])
+            options.append('-DENABLE_FLECSIT=ON')
+            options.append('-DENABLE_FLECSI_TUTORIAL=ON')
         else:
-            options.extend(['-DENABLE_FLECSIT=OFF'])
-            options.extend(['-DENABLE_FLECSI_TUTORIAL=OFF'])
+            options.append('-DENABLE_FLECSIT=OFF')
+            options.append('-DENABLE_FLECSI_TUTORIAL=OFF')
 
         return options