diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/armadillo/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/armadillo/package.py
index a3f7c1c6836ba3643e4e18bb2e8a5597933da9da..c4f5e94d15ee39779ec25f4ffeeaa67475f722bd 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/armadillo/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/armadillo/package.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ class Armadillo(CMakePackage):
     homepage = "http://arma.sourceforge.net/"
     url = "http://sourceforge.net/projects/arma/files/armadillo-8.100.1.tar.xz"
 
+    version('9.800.3', sha256='a481e1dc880b7cb352f8a28b67fe005dc1117d4341277f12999a2355d40d7599')
     version('8.100.1', sha256='54773f7d828bd3885c598f90122b530ded65d9b195c9034e082baea737cd138d')
     version('7.950.1', sha256='a32da32a0ea420b8397a53e4b40ed279c1a5fc791dd492a2ced81ffb14ad0d1b')