diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wps/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wps/package.py
index cb8d9396d3..947ed11979 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wps/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wps/package.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ class Wps(Package):
     url = "https://github.com/wrf-model/WPS/archive/v4.2.tar.gz"
     maintainers("MichaelLaufer")
 
+    version("4.4", sha256="fe9c8d8a9a4abbf800b30e6cbb378604c6040e4536f5594b8e2dae43e942e2b3")
     version("4.3.1", sha256="db6da44a2ca68cc289e98ab388a53c27283eb4ed8e92edee268466543fdedb0e")
     version("4.3", sha256="1913cb24de549f029d65635feea27f3304a8f42ec025954a0887651fc89d1e9e")
     version("4.2", sha256="3e175d033355d3e7638be75bc7c0bc0de6da299ebd175a9bbc1b7a121acd0168")
@@ -30,10 +31,11 @@ class Wps(Package):
     # These patches deal with netcdf & netcdf-fortran being two diff things
     patch("patches/4.2/arch.Config.pl.patch", when="@4.2:")
     patch("patches/4.2/arch.configure.defaults.patch", when="@4.2")
-    patch("patches/4.2/configure.patch", when="@4.2:")
+    patch("patches/4.2/configure.patch", when="@4.2:4.3.1")
     patch("patches/4.2/preamble.patch", when="@4.2:")
     patch("patches/4.3/arch.configure.defaults.patch", when="@4.3:4.3.0")
     patch("patches/4.3.1/arch.configure.defaults.patch", when="@4.3.1")
+    patch("patches/4.4/configure.patch", when="@4.4:")
 
     # According to:
     # http://www2.mmm.ucar.edu/wrf/users/docs/user_guide_v4/v4.0/users_guide_chap2.html#_Required_Compilers_and_1
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wps/patches/4.4/configure.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wps/patches/4.4/configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1934c23dc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/wps/patches/4.4/configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index d95c5b6..e299dc2 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -117,11 +117,13 @@ fi
+ 
+ if [ -n "$NETCDF" ] ; then
+   echo "Will use NETCDF in dir: $NETCDF"
++  echo "Will use NETCDFF in dir: $NETCDFF"
+   # for 3.6.2 and greater there might be a second library, libnetcdff.a .  Check for this and use
+   # if available
+-  NETCDFF=" "
+-  if [ -f "$NETCDF/lib/libnetcdff.a" ] ; then
+-    NETCDFF="-lnetcdff"
++  NETCDFF="$NETCDFF"
++  export NETCDFF
++  if [ -f "$NETCDFF/lib/libnetcdff.a" ] ; then
++    NETCDFF_LIB="-lnetcdff"
+   fi
+ else
+   echo "Will configure for use without NetCDF"
+@@ -190,7 +192,7 @@ if [ $wrf_dir = "none" ]; then
+ fi
+ 
+ # Found perl, so proceed with configuration
+-perl arch/Config.pl -perl=$PERL -netcdf=$NETCDF -netcdff=$NETCDFF -os=$os -mach=$mach -wrfdir=$wrf_dir -grib2dir=$grib2dir
++perl arch/Config.pl -perl=$PERL -netcdf=$NETCDF -netcdff=$NETCDFF -netcdfflib=$NETCDFF_LIB -os=$os -mach=$mach -wrfdir=$wrf_dir
+ 
+ 
+ #Checking cross-compiling capability for some particular environment 
+@@ -356,9 +358,9 @@ cat > fort_netcdf.f <<EOF
+         end program
+ EOF
+     FFLAGS=`grep ^FFLAGS configure.wps | cut -d"=" -f2-`
+-    cp $NETCDF/include/netcdf.inc .
++    cp $NETCDFF/include/netcdf.inc .
+     FC=`grep ^SFC configure.wps | cut -d"=" -f2-`
+-    $FC ${FFLAGS} fort_netcdf.f -o fort_netcdf -L${NETCDF}/lib $NETCDFF -lnetcdf > /dev/null 2>&1 
++    $FC ${FFLAGS} fort_netcdf.f -o fort_netcdf -L${NETCDF}/lib -L${NETCDFF}/lib ${NETCDFF_LIB} -lnetcdf > /dev/null 2>&1
+     if [ -f "fort_netcdf" ] ; then
+       ./fort_netcdf > /dev/null 2>&1
+       if [ $? = 0 ]; then