diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbraid/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbraid/package.py
index 05032ce128..d1d5fa2fed 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbraid/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xbraid/package.py
@@ -66,3 +66,8 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
         install_tree('test', prefix.share.test)
         install_tree('user_utils', prefix.share.user_utils)
         install_tree('docs', prefix.share.docs)
+
+    @property
+    def libs(self):
+        return find_libraries('libbraid', root=self.prefix,
+                              shared=False, recursive=True)