diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elk/package.py
index 9367dfdd78b1744eb1751775dbdabcb8703ad0ee..b089e585dd15f56f96c3d171cb092e6810aa2597 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/elk/package.py
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@
 # 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 *
 import spack
+from spack import *
+
 
 class Elk(Package):
     '''An all-electron full-potential linearised augmented-plane wave
@@ -35,79 +36,90 @@ class Elk(Package):
     version('3.3.17', 'f57f6230d14f3b3b558e5c71f62f0592')
 
     # Elk provides these libraries, but allows you to specify your own
-    variant('blas',   default=True, description='Build with custom BLAS library')
-    variant('lapack', default=True, description='Build with custom LAPACK library')
-    variant('fft',    default=True, description='Build with custom FFT library')
+    variant('blas',   default=True,
+            description='Build with custom BLAS library')
+    variant('lapack', default=True,
+            description='Build with custom LAPACK library')
+    variant('fft',    default=True,
+            description='Build with custom FFT library')
 
     # Elk does not provide these libraries, but allows you to use them
-    variant('mpi',    default=True, description='Enable MPI parallelism')
-    variant('openmp', default=True, description='Enable OpenMP support')
-    variant('libxc',  default=True, description='Link to Libxc functional library')
+    variant('mpi',    default=True,
+            description='Enable MPI parallelism')
+    variant('openmp', default=True,
+            description='Enable OpenMP support')
+    variant('libxc',  default=True,
+            description='Link to Libxc functional library')
 
     depends_on('blas',   when='+blas')
     depends_on('lapack', when='+lapack')
     depends_on('fftw',   when='+fft')
-    depends_on('mpi',    when='+mpi')
+    depends_on('mpi@2:', when='+mpi')
     depends_on('libxc',  when='+libxc')
 
     # Cannot be built in parallel
     parallel = False
 
-
     def configure(self, spec):
         # Dictionary of configuration options
         config = {
-            'MAKE':      'make',
-            'F90':       join_path(spack.build_env_path, 'f90'),
-            'F77':       join_path(spack.build_env_path, 'f77'),
-            'AR':        'ar',
-            'LIB_FFT':   'fftlib.a',
-            'SRC_MPI':   'mpi_stub.f90',
-            'SRC_OMP':   'omp_stub.f90',
-            'SRC_libxc': 'libxcifc_stub.f90',
-            'SRC_FFT':   'zfftifc.f90'
+            'MAKE': 'make',
+            'AR':   'ar'
         }
 
         # Compiler-specific flags
         flags = ''
-        if   self.compiler.name == 'intel':
-            flags = '-O3 -ip -unroll -no-prec-div -openmp'
+        if self.compiler.name == 'intel':
+            flags = '-O3 -ip -unroll -no-prec-div'
         elif self.compiler.name == 'gcc':
-            flags = '-O3 -ffast-math -funroll-loops -fopenmp'
+            flags = '-O3 -ffast-math -funroll-loops'
         elif self.compiler.name == 'pgi':
-            flags = '-O3 -mp -lpthread'
+            flags = '-O3 -lpthread'
         elif self.compiler.name == 'g95':
             flags = '-O3 -fno-second-underscore'
         elif self.compiler.name == 'nag':
             flags = '-O4 -kind=byte -dusty -dcfuns'
         elif self.compiler.name == 'xl':
-            flags = '-O3 -qsmp=omp'
+            flags = '-O3'
         config['F90_OPTS'] = flags
         config['F77_OPTS'] = flags
 
         # BLAS/LAPACK support
+        # Note: BLAS/LAPACK must be compiled with OpenMP support
+        # if the +openmp variant is chosen
         blas   = 'blas.a'
         lapack = 'lapack.a'
-        if '+blas'   in spec:
-            blas   = join_path(spec['blas'].prefix.lib,   'libblas.so')
+        if '+blas' in spec:
+            blas   = spec['blas'].blas_shared_lib
         if '+lapack' in spec:
-            lapack = join_path(spec['lapack'].prefix.lib, 'liblapack.so')
-        config['LIB_LPK'] = ' '.join([lapack, blas]) # lapack must come before blas
+            lapack = spec['lapack'].lapack_shared_lib
+        # lapack must come before blas
+        config['LIB_LPK'] = ' '.join([lapack, blas])
 
         # FFT support
         if '+fft' in spec:
-            config['LIB_FFT'] = join_path(spec['fftw'].prefix.lib, 'libfftw3.so')
+            config['LIB_FFT'] = join_path(spec['fftw'].prefix.lib,
+                                          'libfftw3.so')
             config['SRC_FFT'] = 'zfftifc_fftw.f90'
+        else:
+            config['LIB_FFT'] = 'fftlib.a'
+            config['SRC_FFT'] = 'zfftifc.f90'
 
         # MPI support
         if '+mpi' in spec:
-            config.pop('SRC_MPI')
-            config['F90'] = join_path(spec['mpi'].prefix.bin, 'mpif90')
-            config['F77'] = join_path(spec['mpi'].prefix.bin, 'mpif77')
+            config['F90'] = spec['mpi'].mpifc
+            config['F77'] = spec['mpi'].mpif77
+        else:
+            config['F90'] = join_path(spack.build_env_path, 'f90')
+            config['F77'] = join_path(spack.build_env_path, 'f77')
+            config['SRC_MPI'] = 'mpi_stub.f90'
 
         # OpenMP support
         if '+openmp' in spec:
-            config.pop('SRC_OMP')
+            config['F90_OPTS'] += ' ' + self.compiler.openmp_flag
+            config['F77_OPTS'] += ' ' + self.compiler.openmp_flag
+        else:
+            config['SRC_OMP'] = 'omp_stub.f90'
 
         # Libxc support
         if '+libxc' in spec:
@@ -120,13 +132,14 @@ def configure(self, spec):
                 'libxc.f90',
                 'libxcifc.f90'
             ])
+        else:
+            config['SRC_libxc'] = 'libxcifc_stub.f90'
 
         # Write configuration options to include file
         with open('make.inc', 'w') as inc:
             for key in config:
                 inc.write('{0} = {1}\n'.format(key, config[key]))
 
-
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         # Elk only provides an interactive setup script
         self.configure(spec)
@@ -143,4 +156,3 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
 
         install_tree('examples', join_path(prefix, 'examples'))
         install_tree('species',  join_path(prefix, 'species'))
-