diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bwtool/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/bwtool/package.py
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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2018, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/spack/spack
+# Please also see the NOTICE and LICENSE files for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Bwtool(AutotoolsPackage):
+    """bwtool is a command-line utility for bigWig files."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/CRG-Barcelona/bwtool"
+    url      = "https://github.com/CRG-Barcelona/bwtool/archive/1.0.tar.gz"
+
+    version('1.0', 'cdd7a34ae457b587edfe7dc8a0bdbedd')
+
+    depends_on('libbeato')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libbeato/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libbeato/package.py
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+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2018, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/spack/spack
+# Please also see the NOTICE and LICENSE files for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Libbeato(AutotoolsPackage):
+    """libbeato is a C library containing routines for various uses in Genomics,
+    and includes a copy of the freeware portion of the C library
+    from UCSC's Genome Browser Group."""
+
+    homepage = "https://github.com/CRG-Barcelona/libbeato"
+    url      = "https://github.com/CRG-Barcelona/libbeato/archive/master.tar.gz"
+
+    version('master', 'ee6f0f0f3f09c4f601fcfed3b13e7395')