diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-libensemble/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-libensemble/package.py
index 6d7fefa665..16cc3706de 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-libensemble/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-libensemble/package.py
@@ -11,13 +11,14 @@ class PyLibensemble(PythonPackage):
     """Library for managing ensemble-like collections of computations."""
 
     homepage = "https://libensemble.readthedocs.io"
-    pypi = "libensemble/libensemble-0.7.2.tar.gz"
+    pypi = "libensemble/libensemble-0.8.0.tar.gz"
     git = "https://github.com/Libensemble/libensemble.git"
     maintainers = ['shuds13']
 
     tags = ['e4s']
 
     version('develop', branch='develop')
+    version('0.8.0', sha256='1102e56c6381c9692de6888add23780ec69f18ad33f12119dc0391776a9a7300')
     version('0.7.2', sha256='69b64304d1ecce4d57687ea6062f89bd813ae93b2a290bb1f595c5626ab6f197')
     version('0.7.1', sha256='5cb294269624c1284ea25be9ed3bc668a2333e21e97a97b57ad339eb85435e46')
     version('0.7.0', sha256='4c3c16ef3d4750b7a54198fae5d7ae402c5f5411ae85189da41afd20e20027dc')
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ class PyLibensemble(PythonPackage):
     variant('mpmath',  default=False, description='Install with mpmath')
     variant('deap',  default=False, description='Install with DEAP')
     variant('tasmanian',  default=False, description='Install with tasmanian')
+    variant('pyyaml',  default=False, description='Install with pyyaml')
 
     # depends_on('python@2.7:2.8,3.3:', when='@:0.4.1')
     # depends_on('python@3.5:', when='@0.5.0:')
@@ -56,4 +58,5 @@ class PyLibensemble(PythonPackage):
     depends_on('py-mpmath', type=('build', 'run'), when='+mpmath')
     depends_on('py-deap', type=('build', 'run'), when='+deap')
     depends_on('tasmanian+python', type=('build', 'run'), when='+tasmanian')
+    depends_on('py-pyyaml', type=('build', 'run'), when='+pyyaml')
     conflicts('~mpi', when='@:0.4.1')