diff --git a/packages/darshan-runtime/package.py b/packages/darshan-runtime/package.py
index dc3949a..57dacec 100644
--- a/packages/darshan-runtime/package.py
+++ b/packages/darshan-runtime/package.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-
-
 from spack.package import *
 from spack.pkg.builtin.darshan_runtime import DarshanRuntime as BuiltinDarshanRuntime
 
 
 class DarshanRuntime(BuiltinDarshanRuntime):
-
+    version('dask', branch='snyder/dxt-extra-info-pthread-id', git="https://github.com/darshan-hpc/darshan.git", submodules=True)
     variant('hdf5', default=False, description='additional HDF5 statistics')
 
+    depends_on("autoconf", type="build", when="@dask")
+    depends_on("automake", type="build", when="@dask")
+    depends_on("libtool", type="build", when="@dask")
+    depends_on("m4", type="build", when="@dask")
+
     depends_on('hdf5@1.10.0:', when='+hdf5')
 
     def configure_args(self):
diff --git a/packages/darshan-util/package.py b/packages/darshan-util/package.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6e5153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/darshan-util/package.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from spack.package import *
+from spack.pkg.builtin.darshan_util import DarshanUtil as BuiltinDarshanUtil
+
+
+class DarshanUtil(BuiltinDarshanUtil):
+    version('dask', branch='snyder/dxt-extra-info-pthread-id', git="https://github.com/darshan-hpc/darshan.git", submodules=True)
+    
+    depends_on("autoconf", type="build", when="@dask")
+    depends_on("automake", type="build", when="@dask")
+    depends_on("libtool", type="build", when="@dask")
+    depends_on("m4", type="build", when="@dask")