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diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py
index fde3810216..8d6777daf3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/binutils/package.py
@@ -79,4 +79,10 @@ class Binutils(AutotoolsPackage):
if '+libiberty' in spec:
configure_args.append('--enable-install-libiberty')
+ # To avoid namespace collisions with Darwin/BSD system tools,
+ # prefix executables with "g", e.g., gar, gnm; see Homebrew
+ # https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/binutils.rb
+ if spec.satisfies('platform=darwin'):
+ configure_args.append('--program-prefix=g')
+
return configure_args