diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/alps/mpi.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/alps/mpi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..bd68181eb76243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/alps/mpi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/alps/src/alps/CMakeLists.txt b/alps/src/alps/CMakeLists.txt
+index ae73f13..0d1ba34 100644
+--- a/alps/src/alps/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/alps/src/alps/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ if (Boost_FOUND)
+     set(ALPS_LINK_LIBS ${ALPS_LINK_LIBS} ${PYTHON_LIBRARY} ${PYTHON_EXTRA_LIBS})
+   endif(PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
+   if(MPI_FOUND)
+-    set(ALPS_LINK_LIBS ${ALPS_LINK_LIBS} ${MPI_LIBRARIES} ${MPI_EXTRA_LIBRARY})
++    set(ALPS_LINK_LIBS ${ALPS_LINK_LIBS} ${MPI_LIBRARIES})
+   endif(MPI_FOUND)
+   target_link_libraries(alps ${ALPS_LINK_LIBS})
+ else (Boost_FOUND)
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/alps/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/alps/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..55df872933066b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/alps/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# Copyright 2013-2020 Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC and other
+# Spack Project Developers. See the top-level COPYRIGHT file for details.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: (Apache-2.0 OR MIT)
+
+from spack import *
+
+
+class Alps(CMakePackage):
+    """Algorithms for Physics Simulations
+
+    Tags: Condensed Matter Physics, Computational Physics
+    """
+
+    homepage = "https://alps.comp-phys.org"
+    url      = "http://alps.comp-phys.org/static/software/releases/alps-2.3.0-src.tar.gz"
+
+    version('2.3.0', sha256='e64208d1e5acdd6f569277413c4867e1fa366cf4a224570eacbf1e9939fca2d2')
+
+    # Refs for building from source and recipes
+    # http://alps.comp-phys.org/mediawiki/index.php/Building_ALPS_from_source
+    # https://github.com/easybuilders/easybuild-easyconfigs/tree/master/easybuild/easyconfigs/a/ALPS
+    # https://github.com/conda-forge/alps-feedstock/tree/master/recipe
+
+    # Package failed to build with boost version >= 1.64
+    depends_on('boost@:1.63.0 +chrono +date_time +filesystem +iostreams +mpi +numpy +program_options +python +regex +serialization +system +test +thread +timer')
+    depends_on('fftw')
+    depends_on('hdf5 ~mpi+hl')
+    depends_on('lapack')
+    # build fails for latest python@3.7
+    depends_on('python@:3.6.99', type=('build', 'link', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-numpy', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-scipy', type=('build', 'run'))
+    depends_on('py-matplotlib', type=('build', 'run'))
+
+    # build fails with gcc@7:
+    conflicts('%gcc@7:')
+
+    # remove a problematic build variable
+    patch('mpi.patch')
+
+    extends('python')
+
+    root_cmakelists_dir = 'alps'
+
+    def cmake_args(self):
+        args = []
+        args.append('Boost_ROOT_DIR=' + self.spec['boost'].prefix)
+        args.append("-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS={0}".format(self.compiler.cxx98_flag))
+        return args