diff --git a/P/PETSc/build_tarballs.jl b/P/PETSc/build_tarballs.jl
index 24f2594d0d0..02347082cbd 100644
--- a/P/PETSc/build_tarballs.jl
+++ b/P/PETSc/build_tarballs.jl
@@ -54,7 +54,8 @@ build_petsc()
         --with-mpi-include="${includedir}" \
         --with-sowing=0 \
         --with-precision=${1} \
-        --with-scalar-type=${2}
+        --with-scalar-type=${2} \
+        --download-superlu=yes
 
     if [[ "${target}" == *-mingw* ]]; then
         export CPPFLAGS="-Dpetsc_EXPORTS"