diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pciutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pciutils/package.py
index c48aef17e8..8dbb649f1a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pciutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pciutils/package.py
@@ -16,8 +16,13 @@ class Pciutils(MakefilePackage):
     version('3.6.4', sha256='551d0ac33f030868b7e95c29e58dc2b1882455dbc9c15c15adf7086e664131f1')
     version('3.6.3', sha256='7ab0fbb35cffa326eb852539260562bac14f3d27cda8c70bc2cf3211ed97c014')
 
+    variant('lib', default=False, description='Install libraries with headers')
+
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        make('install', 'PREFIX={0}'.format(prefix))
+        if '+lib' in spec:
+            make('install-lib', 'install', 'PREFIX={0}'.format(prefix))
+        else:
+            make('install', 'PREFIX={0}'.format(prefix))
 
     def setup_run_environment(self, env):
         env.prepend_path('PATH', self.prefix.sbin)