diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-mkl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-mkl/package.py
index 2a67d87768..033e41d305 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-mkl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-mkl/package.py
@@ -176,7 +176,10 @@ def _find_mkl_libs(self, shared):
         libs.append("libmkl_core")
 
         if self.spec.satisfies("+cluster"):
-            if any(self.spec.satisfies(m) for m in ["^intel-oneapi-mpi", "^intel-mpi", "^mpich"]):
+            if any(
+                self.spec.satisfies(m)
+                for m in ["^intel-oneapi-mpi", "^intel-mpi", "^mpich", "^cray-mpich"]
+            ):
                 libs.append(self._xlp64_lib("libmkl_blacs_intelmpi"))
             elif self.spec.satisfies("^openmpi"):
                 libs.append(self._xlp64_lib("libmkl_blacs_openmpi"))