diff --git a/components/perf-tools/tau/SPECS/tau.spec b/components/perf-tools/tau/SPECS/tau.spec
index 81fb2dd220..d9d81f6cb4 100644
--- a/components/perf-tools/tau/SPECS/tau.spec
+++ b/components/perf-tools/tau/SPECS/tau.spec
@@ -197,8 +197,10 @@ sed -i "s|$TAUROOT|%{install_path}|g" $(egrep -IR "$TAUROOT" %buildroot%{install
 # fix tau lib arch location
 sed -i "s|/x86_64/lib|/lib|g" $(egrep -IR "/x86_64/lib" %buildroot%{install_path}|awk -F : '{print $1}')
 
-# replace hard MPI paths with env var
+# replace hard paths with env vars
 sed -i "s|$MPI_DIR|\$\{MPI_DIR\}|g" $(egrep -IR "$MPI_DIR" %buildroot%{install_path}|awk -F : '{print $1}')
+sed -i "s|$PAPI_DIR|\$\{PAPI_DIR\}|g" $(egrep -IR "$PAPI_DIR" %buildroot%{install_path}|awk -F : '{print $1}')
+sed -i "s|$PDTOOLKIT_DIR|\$\{PDTOOLKIT_DIR\}|g" $(egrep -IR "$PDTOOLKIT_DIR" %buildroot%{install_path}|awk -F : '{print $1}')
 
 # link other bindings
 pushd %{buildroot}%{install_path}/lib