diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/darshan-runtime/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/darshan-runtime/package.py
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+#
+# 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
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+import os
+
+
+class DarshanRuntime(Package):
+    """Darshan (runtime) is a scalable HPC I/O characterization tool
+    designed to capture an accurate picture of application I/O behavior,
+    including properties such as patterns of access within files, with
+    minimum overhead. DarshanRuntime package should be installed on
+    systems where you intend to instrument MPI applications."""
+
+    homepage = "http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/darshan/"
+    url = "ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/darshan/releases/darshan-3.1.0.tar.gz"
+
+    version('3.1.0', '439d717323e6265b2612ed127886ae52')
+    version('3.0.0', '732577fe94238936268d74d7d74ebd08')
+
+    depends_on('mpi')
+    depends_on('zlib')
+
+    variant('slurm', default=False, description='Use Slurm Job ID')
+    variant('cobalt', default=False, description='Use Coblat Job Id')
+    variant('pbs', default=False, description='Use PBS Job Id')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+
+        job_id = 'NONE'
+        if '+slurm' in spec:
+            job_id = 'SLURM_JOBID'
+        if '+cobalt' in spec:
+            job_id = 'COBALT_JOBID'
+        if '+pbs' in spec:
+            job_id = 'PBS_JOBID'
+
+        # TODO: BG-Q and other platform configure options
+        options = ['CC=%s' % spec['mpi'].mpicc,
+                   '--with-mem-align=8',
+                   '--with-log-path-by-env=DARSHAN_LOG_DIR_PATH',
+                   '--with-jobid-env=%s' % job_id,
+                   '--with-zlib=%s' % spec['zlib'].prefix]
+
+        with working_dir('spack-build', create=True):
+            configure = Executable('../darshan-runtime/configure')
+            configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix, *options)
+            make()
+            make('install')
+
+    def setup_environment(self, spack_env, run_env):
+        # default path for log file, could be user or site specific setting
+        darshan_log_dir = '%s' % os.environ['HOME']
+        run_env.set('DARSHAN_LOG_DIR_PATH', darshan_log_dir)
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/darshan-util/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/darshan-util/package.py
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+#
+# 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
+##############################################################################
+from spack import *
+
+
+class DarshanUtil(Package):
+    """Darshan (util) is collection of tools for parsing and summarizing log
+    files produced by Darshan (runtime) instrumentation. This package is
+    typically installed on systems (front-end) where you intend to analyze
+    log files produced by Darshan (runtime)."""
+
+    homepage = "http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/darshan/"
+    url = "ftp://ftp.mcs.anl.gov/pub/darshan/releases/darshan-3.1.0.tar.gz"
+
+    version('3.1.0', '439d717323e6265b2612ed127886ae52')
+    version('3.0.0', '732577fe94238936268d74d7d74ebd08')
+
+    depends_on('zlib')
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+
+        options = ['CC=%s' % self.compiler.cc,
+                   '--with-zlib=%s' % spec['zlib'].prefix]
+
+        with working_dir('spack-build', create=True):
+            configure = Executable('../darshan-util/configure')
+            configure('--prefix=%s' % prefix, *options)
+            make()
+            make('install')