1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py
index eca530ce0c..9e9005ccc5 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/libtool/package.py
@@ -46,8 +46,24 @@ class Libtool(AutotoolsPackage):
                               join_path(self.prefix.share, 'aclocal'))
 
     def setup_dependent_package(self, module, dependent_spec):
-        # Automake is very likely to be a build dependency,
-        # so we add the tools it provides to the dependent module
-        executables = ['libtoolize', 'libtool']
+        # Automake is very likely to be a build dependency, so we add
+        # the tools it provides to the dependent module. Some build
+        # systems differentiate between BSD libtool (e.g., Darwin) and
+        # GNU libtool, so also add 'glibtool' and 'glibtoolize' to the
+        # list of executables.
+        executables = ['libtoolize', 'libtool', 'glibtoolize', 'glibtool']
         for name in executables:
             setattr(module, name, self._make_executable(name))
+
+    @run_after('install')
+    def post_install(self):
+        # Some platforms name GNU libtool and GNU libtoolize
+        # 'glibtool' and 'glibtoolize', respectively, to differentiate
+        # them from BSD libtool and BSD libtoolize. On these BSD
+        # platforms, build systems sometimes expect to use the assumed
+        # GNU commands glibtool and glibtoolize instead of the BSD
+        # variant; this happens frequently, for instance, on Darwin
+        symlink(join_path(self.prefix.bin, 'libtoolize'),
+                join_path(self.prefix.bin, 'glibtoolize'))
+        symlink(join_path(self.prefix.bin, 'libtoolize'),
+                join_path(self.prefix.bin, 'glibtoolize'))