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diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
index b202d34473..67e0990a19 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
@@ -1267,6 +1267,9 @@ class Spec(object):
@property
def prefix(self):
+ if not self._concrete:
+ raise SpecError("Spec is not concrete: " + str(self))
+
if self._prefix is None:
upstream, record = spack.store.db.query_by_spec_hash(
self.dag_hash())