diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-readbitmap/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-readbitmap/package.py
index 3ade391413..8773b3ff51 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-readbitmap/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/r-readbitmap/package.py
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ class RReadbitmap(RPackage):
     depends_on('r-png', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('r-tiff', type=('build', 'run'))
 
-    depends_on('libjpeg')
+    depends_on('jpeg')
     depends_on('libpng')