diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/osu-micro-benchmarks/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/osu-micro-benchmarks/package.py
index f6d49d74e7..f32262f240 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/osu-micro-benchmarks/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/osu-micro-benchmarks/package.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 import sys
 
 
-class OsuMicroBenchmarks(Package):
+class OsuMicroBenchmarks(AutotoolsPackage):
     """The Ohio MicroBenchmark suite is a collection of independent MPI
     message passing performance microbenchmarks developed and written at
     The Ohio State University. It includes traditional benchmarks and
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ class OsuMicroBenchmarks(Package):
     depends_on('mpi')
     depends_on('cuda', when='+cuda')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+    def configure_args(self):
+        spec = self.spec
         config_args = [
-            'CC=%s'  % spec['mpi'].prefix.bin + '/mpicc',
-            'CXX=%s' % spec['mpi'].prefix.bin + '/mpicxx',
-            '--prefix=%s' % prefix
+            'CC=%s'  % spec['mpi'].mpicc,
+            'CXX=%s' % spec['mpi'].mpicxx
         ]
 
         if '+cuda' in spec:
@@ -60,7 +60,4 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
         if not sys.platform == 'darwin':
             config_args.append('LDFLAGS=-lrt')
 
-        configure(*config_args)
-
-        make()
-        make('install')
+        return config_args