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diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
index 8b0486c4da..158d76e568 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/spec.py
@@ -527,6 +527,13 @@ class Spec(object):
# XXX(deptype): default deptypes
self._add_dependency(spec, ('build', 'link'))
+ def __getattr__(self, item):
+ """Delegate to self.package if the attribute is not in the spec"""
+ # This line is to avoid infinite recursion in case package is
+ # not present among self attributes
+ package = super(Spec, self).__getattribute__('package')
+ return getattr(package, item)
+
def get_dependency(self, name):
dep = self._dependencies.get(name)
if dep is not None: