diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sherpa/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sherpa/package.py
index 5bb3470216..95a8bcfebd 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sherpa/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/sherpa/package.py
@@ -159,10 +159,12 @@ class Sherpa(AutotoolsPackage):
 
     # Note that the delphes integration seems utterly broken: https://sherpa.hepforge.org/trac/ticket/305
 
-    depends_on("autoconf", type="build")
-    depends_on("automake", type="build")
-    depends_on("libtool", type="build")
-    depends_on("m4", type="build")
+    # autotools dependencies are needed at runtime to compile processes
+    # at least as long as sherpa is an autotools package
+    depends_on("autoconf")
+    depends_on("automake")
+    depends_on("libtool")
+    depends_on("m4")
     depends_on("texinfo", type="build")
     depends_on("sqlite")
 
@@ -187,6 +189,8 @@ class Sherpa(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on("hztool", when="+hztool")
     # depends_on('cernlib',   when='+cernlib')
 
+    filter_compiler_wrappers("share/SHERPA-MC/makelibs")
+
     for std in _cxxstd_values:
         depends_on("root cxxstd=" + std, when="+root cxxstd=" + std)
 
@@ -261,3 +265,14 @@ def flag_handler(self, name, flags):
                     flags.append("-m64")
 
         return (None, None, flags)
+
+    # This may not be needed when this package is changed to be a CMake package
+    # since it's specific to makelibs
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        # Make sure the path to the provided libtool is used instead of the system one
+        filter_file(
+            r"autoreconf -fi",
+            f"autoreconf -fi -I {self.spec['libtool'].prefix.share.aclocal}",
+            "AMEGIC++/Main/makelibs",
+        )
+        make("install")