diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scotch/Makefile.esmumps b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scotch/Makefile.esmumps
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4bfc76019773ef5be23934f627f7d848c365a1fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scotch/Makefile.esmumps
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+esmumps				:	scotch
+					(cd esmumps ; $(MAKE) scotch && $(MAKE) install)
+
+ptesmumps			:	ptscotch
+					(cd esmumps ; $(MAKE) ptscotch && $(MAKE) ptinstall)
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scotch/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scotch/package.py
index 8229ed86867114a57f92dfc7e5e9cd9ca2ee238a..8fad74b24f8d2e7d7ab4f66f799e2a9234084a1e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scotch/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/scotch/package.py
@@ -1,88 +1,125 @@
 from spack import *
-import os
+import os, re
 
 class Scotch(Package):
     """Scotch is a software package for graph and mesh/hypergraph
        partitioning, graph clustering, and sparse matrix ordering."""
+
     homepage = "http://www.labri.fr/perso/pelegrin/scotch/"
-    url      = "http://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/file/34099/scotch_6.0.3.tar.gz"
+    url      = "http://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/latestfile/298/scotch_6.0.3.tar.gz"
+    base_url = "http://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/latestfile/298"
     list_url = "http://gforge.inria.fr/frs/?group_id=248"
 
     version('6.0.3', '10b0cc0f184de2de99859eafaca83cfc')
+    version('6.0.0', 'c50d6187462ba801f9a82133ee666e8e')
+    version('5.1.10b', 'f587201d6cf5cf63527182fbfba70753')
 
     variant('mpi', default=False, description='Activate the compilation of PT-Scotch')
     variant('compression', default=True, description='Activate the posibility to use compressed files')
     variant('esmumps', default=False, description='Activate the compilation of the lib esmumps needed by mumps')
     variant('shared', default=True, description='Build shared libraries')
 
-    depends_on('mpi', when='+mpi')
-    depends_on('zlib', when='+compression')
     depends_on('flex')
     depends_on('bison')
+    depends_on('mpi', when='+mpi')
+    depends_on('zlib', when='+compression')
 
-    def compiler_specifics(self, makefile_inc, defines):
-        if self.compiler.name == 'gcc':
-            defines.append('-Drestrict=__restrict')
-        elif self.compiler.name == 'intel':
-            defines.append('-restrict')
+    # NOTE: Versions of Scotch up to version 6.0.0 don't include support for
+    # building with 'esmumps' in their default packages.  In order to enable
+    # support for this feature, we must grab the 'esmumps' enabled archives
+    # from the Scotch hosting site.  These alternative archives include a strict
+    # superset of the behavior in their default counterparts, so we choose to
+    # always grab these versions for older Scotch versions for simplicity.
+    @when('@:6.0.0')
+    def url_for_version(self, version):
+        return '%s/scotch_%s_esmumps.tar.gz' % (Scotch.base_url, version)
+
+    @when('@6.0.1:')
+    def url_for_version(self, version):
+        return super(Scotch, self).url_for_version(version)
+
+    # NOTE: Several of the 'esmumps' enabled Scotch releases up to version 6.0.0
+    # have broken build scripts that don't properly build 'esmumps' as a separate
+    # target, so we need a patch procedure to remove 'esmumps' from existing targets
+    # and to add it as a standalone target.
+    @when('@:6.0.0')
+    def patch(self):
+        makefile_path = os.path.join('src', 'Makefile')
+        with open(makefile_path, 'r') as makefile:
+            esmumps_enabled = any(re.search(r'^esmumps(\s*):(.*)$', line) for line in makefile.readlines())
 
-        makefile_inc.append('CCS       = $(CC)')
+        if not esmumps_enabled:
+            mff = FileFilter(makefile_path)
+            mff.filter(r'^.*((esmumps)|(ptesmumps)).*(install).*$', '')
 
-        if '+mpi' in self.spec:
+            makefile_esmumps_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), 'Makefile.esmumps')
+            with open(makefile_path, 'a') as makefile:
+                makefile.write('\ninclude %s\n' % makefile_esmumps_path)
+
+    @when('@6.0.1:')
+    def patch(self):
+        pass
+
+    # NOTE: Configuration of Scotch is achieved by writing a 'Makefile.inc' file
+    # that contains all of the configuration variables and their desired values
+    # for the installation.  This function writes this file based on the given
+    # installation variants.
+    def configure(self):
+        makefile_inc = []
+        cflags = [
+            '-O3',
+            '-DCOMMON_RANDOM_FIXED_SEED',
+            '-DSCOTCH_DETERMINISTIC',
+            '-DSCOTCH_RENAME',
+            '-DIDXSIZE64'
+            ]
+
+        ## Library Build Type ##
+
+        if '+shared' in self.spec:
             makefile_inc.extend([
-                    'CCP       = %s' % os.path.join(self.spec['mpi'].prefix.bin, 'mpicc'),
-                    'CCD       = $(CCP)'
-                    ])
+                'LIB       = .so',
+                'CLIBFLAGS = -shared -fPIC',
+                'RANLIB    = echo',
+                'AR	       = $(CC)',
+                'ARFLAGS   = -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o'
+                ])
+            cflags.append('-fPIC')
         else:
             makefile_inc.extend([
-                    'CCP       = mpicc', # It is set but not used
-                    'CCD       = $(CCS)'
-                    ])
+                'LIB       = .a',
+                'CLIBFLAGS = ',
+                'RANLIB    = ranlib',
+                'AR	       = ar',
+                'ARFLAGS   = -ruv '
+                ])
 
+        ## Compiler-Specific Options ##
 
+        if self.compiler.name == 'gcc':
+            cflags.append('-Drestrict=__restrict')
+        elif self.compiler.name == 'intel':
+            cflags.append('-restrict')
 
-    def library_build_type(self, makefile_inc, defines):
-        makefile_inc.extend([
-            'LIB       = .a',
-            'CLIBFLAGS = ',
-            'RANLIB    = ranlib',
-            'AR	       = ar',
-            'ARFLAGS   = -ruv '
-            ])
+        makefile_inc.append('CCS       = $(CC)')
+        makefile_inc.append('CCP       = %s' %
+            (self.spec['mpi'].mpicc if '+mpi' in self.spec else 'mpicc'))
+        makefile_inc.append('CCD       = $(CCS)')
 
-    @when('+shared')
-    def library_build_type(self, makefile_inc, defines):
-        makefile_inc.extend([
-            'LIB       = .so',
-            'CLIBFLAGS = -shared -fPIC',
-            'RANLIB    = echo',
-            'AR	       = $(CC)',
-            'ARFLAGS   = -shared $(LDFLAGS) -o'
-            ])
+        ## Extra Features ##
 
-    def extra_features(self, makefile_inc, defines):
         ldflags = []
-        
+
         if '+compression' in self.spec:
-            defines.append('-DCOMMON_FILE_COMPRESS_GZ')
+            cflags.append('-DCOMMON_FILE_COMPRESS_GZ')
             ldflags.append('-L%s -lz' % (self.spec['zlib'].prefix.lib))
 
-        defines.append('-DCOMMON_PTHREAD')
+        cflags.append('-DCOMMON_PTHREAD')
         ldflags.append('-lm -lrt -pthread')
-           
-        makefile_inc.append('LDFLAGS   = %s' % ' '.join(ldflags))
 
-    def patch(self):
-        makefile_inc = []
-        defines = [ 
-            '-DCOMMON_RANDOM_FIXED_SEED',
-            '-DSCOTCH_DETERMINISTIC',
-            '-DSCOTCH_RENAME',
-            '-DIDXSIZE64' ]
+        makefile_inc.append('LDFLAGS   = %s' % ' '.join(ldflags))
 
-        self.library_build_type(makefile_inc, defines)
-        self.compiler_specifics(makefile_inc, defines)
-        self.extra_features(makefile_inc, defines)
+        ## General Features ##
 
         makefile_inc.extend([
             'EXE       =',
@@ -93,18 +130,19 @@ def patch(self):
             'MKDIR     = mkdir',
             'MV        = mv',
             'CP        = cp',
-            'CFLAGS    = -O3 %s' % (' '.join(defines)),
+            'CFLAGS    = %s' % ' '.join(cflags),
             'LEX       = %s -Pscotchyy -olex.yy.c' % os.path.join(self.spec['flex'].prefix.bin , 'flex'),
             'YACC      = %s -pscotchyy -y -b y' %    os.path.join(self.spec['bison'].prefix.bin, 'bison'),
-            'prefix    = %s' % self.prefix,
-            ''
+            'prefix    = %s' % self.prefix
             ])
 
         with working_dir('src'):
             with open('Makefile.inc', 'w') as fh:
                 fh.write('\n'.join(makefile_inc))
-            
+
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        self.configure()
+
         targets = ['scotch']
         if '+mpi' in self.spec:
             targets.append('ptscotch')
@@ -115,12 +153,10 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
                 targets.append('ptesmumps')
 
         with working_dir('src'):
-            for app in targets:
-                make(app, parallel=(not app=='ptesmumps'))
+            for target in targets:
+                make(target, parallel=(target!='ptesmumps'))
 
-        
         install_tree('bin', prefix.bin)
         install_tree('lib', prefix.lib)
         install_tree('include', prefix.include)
         install_tree('man/man1', prefix.share_man1)
-