diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libbeagle/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libbeagle/package.py
index 4809bf2423f610fcbf1a32ffacf12ee959b8b5d2..1678e01939f11bd6e396ce95518603a9ecd50f62 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libbeagle/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libbeagle/package.py
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ class Libbeagle(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     depends_on('subversion', type='build')
     depends_on('pkgconfig', type='build')
+    depends_on('java', type='build')
 
     def url_for_version(self, version):
         url = "https://github.com/beagle-dev/beagle-lib/archive/beagle_release_{0}.tar.gz"
         return url.format(version.underscored)
+
+    def setup_environment(self, spack_env, run_env):
+        prefix = self.prefix
+        run_env.prepend_path('BEAST_LIB', prefix.lib)