diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netlib-scalapack/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netlib-scalapack/package.py
index d59f8e41fec200b3aeb0fe8841e5bd05d3c1b42f..276876d197b3dcef556252484231c1449dc3e7eb 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netlib-scalapack/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netlib-scalapack/package.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class NetlibScalapack(Package):
 
     provides('scalapack')
 
+    depends_on('cmake')
     depends_on('mpi')
     depends_on('lapack')