diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpifileutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpifileutils/package.py
index 085bc61543..5adaac1c20 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpifileutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mpifileutils/package.py
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ class Mpifileutils(AutotoolsPackage):
     version('0.7', 'c081f7f72c4521dddccdcf9e087c5a2b')
     version('0.6', '620bcc4966907481f1b1a965b28fc9bf')
 
+    conflicts('platform=darwin')
+
     depends_on('mpi')
     depends_on('libcircle')
     depends_on('lwgrp')
@@ -51,6 +53,21 @@ class Mpifileutils(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     def configure_args(self):
         args = []
+        args.append("CPPFLAGS=-I%s/src/common" % pwd())
+        args.append("libarchive_CFLAGS=-I%s"
+                    % self.spec['libarchive'].prefix.include)
+        args.append("libarchive_LIBS=%s %s"
+                    % (self.spec['libarchive'].libs.search_flags,
+                       self.spec['libarchive'].libs.link_flags))
+        args.append("libcircle_CFLAGS=-I%s"
+                    % self.spec['libcircle'].prefix.include)
+        args.append("libcircle_LIBS=%s %s"
+                    % (self.spec['libcircle'].libs.search_flags,
+                       self.spec['libcircle'].libs.link_flags))
+        args.append("--with-dtcmp=%s" % self.spec['dtcmp'].prefix)
+
+        if '+xattr' in self.spec:
+            args.append('CFLAGS=-DDCOPY_USE_XATTRS')
 
         if '+lustre' in self.spec:
             args.append('--enable-lustre')
@@ -62,12 +79,4 @@ def configure_args(self):
                 args.append('--enable-experimental')
             else:
                 args.append('--disable-experimental')
-
         return args
-
-    @property
-    def build_targets(self):
-        targets = []
-        if '+xattr' in self.spec:
-            targets.append('CFLAGS=-DDCOPY_USE_XATTRS')
-        return targets