diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
index 2ee1c542d6920860b3472f8f6d00130c414e9421..4846d042a5059ad7e919fde92b790e61d453e8e9 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             '-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%s' % spec['mpi'].mpicxx,
             '-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR:STRING=%s' % self.prefix.lib,
             '-DTPL_BLAS_LIBRARIES=%s' % lapack_blas.ld_flags,
+            '-DUSE_XSDK_DEFAULTS=YES',
             '-DTPL_PARMETIS_LIBRARIES=%s' % spec['parmetis'].libs.ld_flags +
             ';' + spec['metis'].libs.ld_flags,
             '-DTPL_PARMETIS_INCLUDE_DIRS=%s' % spec['parmetis'].prefix.include