diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pflotran/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pflotran/package.py
index 2f5321406d19e644b67f0251d0f397e60de44d1f..e81139d59cd1168d2e58785acf2c2353b1cac3ac 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pflotran/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pflotran/package.py
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@ class Pflotran(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on('petsc@xsdk-0.2.0+hdf5+metis', when='@xsdk-0.2.0')
     depends_on('petsc@3.8.0:+hdf5+metis', when='@xsdk-0.3.0')
 
-    parallel = False
+    @property
+    def parallel(self):
+        return self.spec.satisfies('@develop')