diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/util/prefix.py b/lib/spack/spack/util/prefix.py
index e39b81a4c6f10b0a4e190c0a83f73231d66d89bf..ca880c53b75e7ae24f45d56fc0149b836a9ad787 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/util/prefix.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/util/prefix.py
@@ -60,17 +60,18 @@ class Prefix(str):
 
     def __new__(cls, path):
         s = super(Prefix, cls).__new__(cls, path)
-        s.bin     = join_path(s, 'bin')
-        s.bin64   = join_path(s, 'bin64')
-        s.sbin    = join_path(s, 'sbin')
-        s.etc     = join_path(s, 'etc')
-        s.include = join_path(s, 'include')
-        s.lib     = join_path(s, 'lib')
-        s.lib64   = join_path(s, 'lib64')
-        s.libexec = join_path(s, 'libexec')
-        s.share   = join_path(s, 'share')
-        s.doc     = join_path(s.share, 'doc')
-        s.info    = join_path(s.share, 'info')
+        s.bin       = join_path(s, 'bin')
+        s.bin64     = join_path(s, 'bin64')
+        s.sbin      = join_path(s, 'sbin')
+        s.etc       = join_path(s, 'etc')
+        s.include   = join_path(s, 'include')
+        s.include64 = join_path(s, 'include64')
+        s.lib       = join_path(s, 'lib')
+        s.lib64     = join_path(s, 'lib64')
+        s.libexec   = join_path(s, 'libexec')
+        s.share     = join_path(s, 'share')
+        s.doc       = join_path(s.share, 'doc')
+        s.info      = join_path(s.share, 'info')
 
         s.man  = join_path(s, 'man')
         s.man1 = join_path(s.man, 'man1')
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/charm/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/charm/package.py
index 3e84394da8a5bcb79609a83a63f73bf7413ff6f0..9f08d820d2213b8087926e2c5e8014fcdb737b2a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/charm/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/charm/package.py
@@ -115,29 +115,43 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
         # We assume that Spack's compiler wrappers make this work. If
         # not, then we need to query the compiler vendor from Spack
         # here.
-        compiler = "gcc"
-
-        options = [compiler,
-                   "--with-production",   # Note: turn this into a variant
-                   "-j%d" % make_jobs,
-                   "--destination=%s" % prefix]
-        if "+mpi" in spec:
-            options.append("--basedir=%s" % spec["mpi"].prefix)
+        compiler = os.path.basename(self.compiler.cc)
+
+        options = [compiler]
+        if compiler == 'icc':
+            options.append('ifort')
+
+        options.extend([
+            "--with-production",   # Note: turn this into a variant
+            "-j%d" % make_jobs,
+            "--destination=%s" % prefix])
+
+        if 'backend=mpi' in spec:
+            # in intelmpi <prefix>/include and <prefix>/lib fails so --basedir
+            # cannot be used
+            options.extend([
+                '--incdir={0}'.format(incdir)
+                for incdir in spec["mpi"].headers.directories
+            ])
+            options.extend([
+                '--libdir={0}'.format(libdir)
+                for libdir in spec["mpi"].libs.directories
+            ])
         if "+papi" in spec:
             options.extend(["papi", "--basedir=%s" % spec["papi"].prefix])
         if "+smp" in spec:
-            if "+multicore" in spec:
+            if 'backend=multicore' in spec:
                 # This is a Charm++ limitation; it would lead to a
                 # build error
                 raise InstallError("Cannot combine +smp with +multicore")
             options.append("smp")
         if "+tcp" in spec:
-            if "+net" not in spec:
+            if 'backend=net' not in spec:
                 # This is a Charm++ limitation; it would lead to a
                 # build error
                 raise InstallError(
                     "The +tcp variant requires "
-                    "the +net communication mechanism")
+                    "the backend=net communication mechanism")
             options.append("tcp")
         if "+shared" in spec:
             options.append("--build-shared")
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-mpi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-mpi/package.py
index 0336f426be72ad07d1ed9adcd7a6524723573a4c..68610d7afe7e6f8dc45d064cd164ce51ebd423dd 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-mpi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-mpi/package.py
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ def mpi_libs(self):
             libraries, root=self.prefix.lib64, shared=True, recurse=True
         )
 
+    @property
+    def mpi_headers(self):
+        # recurse from self.prefix will find too many things for all the
+        # supported sub-architectures like 'mic'
+        return find_headers(
+            'mpi', root=self.prefix.include64, recurse=False)
+
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         self.intel_prefix = prefix
         IntelInstaller.install(self, spec, prefix)
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/namd/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/namd/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..160d508004fd17d938558a9e0132af7b376d3677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/namd/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+##############################################################################
+# Copyright (c) 2013-2016, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+# Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+#
+# This file is part of Spack.
+# Created by Todd Gamblin, tgamblin@llnl.gov, All rights reserved.
+# LLNL-CODE-647188
+#
+# For details, see https://github.com/llnl/spack
+# Please also see the LICENSE file for our notice and the LGPL.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation) version 2.1, February 1999.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the IMPLIED WARRANTY OF
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the terms and
+# conditions of the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+##############################################################################
+import platform
+import shutil
+import sys
+import os
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Namd(MakefilePackage):
+    """NAMDis a parallel molecular dynamics code designed for
+    high-performance simulation of large biomolecular systems."""
+
+    homepage = "http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/namd/"
+    url      = "file://{0}/NAMD_2.12_Source.tar.gz".format(os.getcwd())
+
+    version('2.12', '2a1191909b1ab03bf0205971ad4d8ee9')
+
+    variant('fftw', default='3', values=('none', '2', '3', 'mkl'),
+            description='Enable the use of FFTW/FFTW3/MKL FFT')
+
+    variant('interface', default='none', values=('none', 'tcl', 'python'),
+            description='Enables TCL and/or python interface')
+
+    depends_on('charm')
+
+    depends_on('fftw@:2.99', when="fftw=2")
+    depends_on('fftw@3:', when="fftw=3")
+
+    depends_on('intel-mkl', when="fftw=mkl")
+
+    depends_on('tcl', when='interface=tcl')
+
+    depends_on('tcl', when='interface=python')
+    depends_on('python', when='interface=python')
+
+    def _copy_arch_file(self, lib):
+        config_filename = 'arch/{0}.{1}'.format(self.arch, lib)
+        shutil.copy('arch/Linux-x86_64.{0}'.format(lib),
+                    config_filename)
+        if lib == 'tcl':
+            filter_file(r'-ltcl8\.5',
+                        '-ltcl{0}'.format(self.spec['tcl'].version.up_to(2)),
+                        config_filename)
+
+    def _append_option(self, opts, lib):
+        if lib != 'python':
+            self._copy_arch_file(lib)
+        spec = self.spec
+        opts.extend([
+            '--with-{0}'.format(lib),
+            '--{0}-prefix'.format(lib), spec[lib].prefix
+        ])
+
+    @property
+    def arch(self):
+        plat = sys.platform
+        if plat.startswith("linux"):
+            plat = "linux"
+        march = platform.machine()
+        return '{0}-{1}'.format(plat, march)
+
+    @property
+    def build_directory(self):
+        return '{0}-spack'.format(self.arch)
+
+    def edit(self, spec, prefix):
+        with working_dir('arch'):
+            with open('{0}.arch'.format(self.build_directory), 'w') as fh:
+                # this options are take from the default provided
+                # configuration files
+                optims_opts = {
+                    'gcc': '-m64 -O3 -fexpensive-optimizations -ffast-math',
+                    'intel': '-O2 -ip'
+                }
+
+                optim_opts = optims_opts[self.compiler.name] \
+                    if self.compiler.name in optims_opts else ''
+
+                fh.write('\n'.join([
+                    'NAMD_ARCH = {0}'.format(self.arch),
+                    'CHARMARCH = ',
+                    'CXX = {0.cxx} {0.cxx11_flag}'.format(
+                        self.compiler),
+                    'CXXOPTS = {0}'.format(optim_opts),
+                    'CC = {0}'.format(self.compiler.cc),
+                    'COPTS = {0}'.format(optim_opts),
+                    ''
+                ]))
+
+        self._copy_arch_file('base')
+
+        opts = ['--charm-base', spec['charm'].prefix]
+        fftw_version = spec.variants['fftw'].value
+        if fftw_version == 'none':
+            opts.append('--without-fftw')
+        elif fftw_version == 'mkl':
+            self._append_option(opts, 'mkl')
+        else:
+            _fftw = 'fftw{0}'.format('' if fftw_version == '2' else '3')
+
+            self._copy_arch_file(_fftw)
+            opts.extend(['--with-{0}'.format(_fftw),
+                         '--fftw-prefix', spec['fftw'].prefix])
+
+        interface_type = spec.variants['interface'].value
+        if interface_type != 'none':
+            self._append_option(opts, 'tcl')
+
+            if interface_type == 'python':
+                self._append_option(opts, 'python')
+        else:
+            opts.extend([
+                '--without-tcl',
+                '--without-python'
+            ])
+
+        config = Executable('./config')
+
+        config(self.build_directory, *opts)
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        with working_dir(self.build_directory):
+            mkdirp(prefix.bin)
+            install('namd2', prefix.bin)
+
+            # I'm not sure this is a good idea or if an autoload of the charm
+            # module would not be better.
+            install('charmrun', prefix.bin)