diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py
index b0ca29b709..7dee4809ae 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/lbann/package.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ class Lbann(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
     variant('vision', default=False,
             description='Builds with support for image processing data with OpenCV')
     variant('vtune', default=False, description='Builds with support for Intel VTune')
+    variant('onednn', default=False, description='Support for OneDNN')
     variant('nvshmem', default=False, description='Support for NVSHMEM')
 
     # Variant Conflicts
@@ -174,6 +175,7 @@ class Lbann(CMakePackage, CudaPackage):
 
     depends_on('llvm-openmp', when='%apple-clang')
 
+    depends_on('onednn cpu_runtime=omp gpu_runtime=none', when='+onednn')
     depends_on('nvshmem', when='+nvshmem')
 
     generator = 'Ninja'
@@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             '-DLBANN_WITH_CUDNN:BOOL=%s' % ('+cuda' in spec),
             '-DLBANN_WITH_NVSHMEM:BOOL=%s' % ('+nvshmem' in spec),
             '-DLBANN_WITH_FFT:BOOL=%s' % ('+fft' in spec),
+            '-DLBANN_WITH_ONEDNN:BOOL=%s' % ('+onednn' in spec),
             '-DLBANN_WITH_TBINF=OFF',
             '-DLBANN_WITH_UNIT_TESTING:BOOL=%s' % (self.run_tests),
             '-DLBANN_WITH_VISION:BOOL=%s' % ('+vision' in spec),