diff --git a/pkgs/scorec.yaml b/pkgs/scorec.yaml
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+++ b/pkgs/scorec.yaml
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+extends: [cmake_package]
+dependencies:
+  build: [mpi, parmetis, zoltan]
+
+sources:
+- key: git:1d2f5438d3dff3f1120649577bb2a05f9ac8c556
+  url: https://github.com/SCOREC/core.git
+
+defaults:
+  relocatable: false
+
+build_stages:
+
+- name: setup_builddir
+  after: prologue
+  handler: bash
+  bash: |
+    mkdir -p _build
+    cd _build
+
+- name: configure
+  extra: [
+  '-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${MPICC}',
+  '-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${MPICXX}',
+  '-DENABLE_ZOLTAN=ON',
+  '-DMETIS_LIBRARY=${PARMETIS_DIR}/lib/libmetis.so',
+  '-DPARMETIS_LIBRARY=${PARMETIS_DIR}/lib/libparmetis.so',
+  '-DPARMETIS_INCLUDE_DIR=${PARMETIS_DIR}/include',
+  '-DZOLTAN_LIBRARY=${ZOLTAN_DIR}/lib/libzoltan.a',
+  '-DZOLTAN_INCLUDE_DIR=${ZOLTAN_DIR}/include',
+  '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=True',
+  '-DSIM_MPI=mpich2',
+  ]
+
diff --git a/pkgs/zoltan.yaml b/pkgs/zoltan.yaml
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+++ b/pkgs/zoltan.yaml
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+extends: [autotools_package]
+dependencies:
+  build: [mpi, {{build_with}}]
+
+sources:
+- key: tar.gz:lpoumvepxhdtwis3xtz5ebwfldbrrszj
+  url: http://www.cs.sandia.gov/~kddevin/Zoltan_Distributions/zoltan_distrib_v3.8.tar.gz
+
+defaults:
+  #include/Makefile.export.zoltan.macros
+  relocatable: false
+
+build_stages:
+
+  - name: setup_builddir
+    after: prologue
+    handler: bash
+    bash: |
+      mkdir -p _build
+      cd _build
+
+  - name: setEnv
+    after: setup_builddir
+    handler: bash
+    bash: |
+      export MPI_DIR=$(dirname $(dirname $MPICC) )
+      export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=${MPI_DIR}/lib
+
+  - name: configure
+    after: setEnv
+    configure_path: ".."
+    extra: ['--with-cflags=-fPIC', '--with-cxxflags=-fPIC']