diff --git a/contrib/spack/packages/lci/package.py b/contrib/spack/packages/lci/package.py
index 01eabe1a..189c5aa8 100644
--- a/contrib/spack/packages/lci/package.py
+++ b/contrib/spack/packages/lci/package.py
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             self.define_from_variant('LCI_USE_AVX', 'vector'),
             self.define_from_variant('LCI_CONFIG_USE_ALIGNED_ALLOC', 'aligned'),
             self.define_from_variant('LCI_OPTIMIZE_FOR_NATIVE', 'native'),
-            self.define('LCI_USE_INLINE_CQ', 'inline-cq'),
+            self.define_from_variant('LCI_USE_INLINE_CQ', 'inline-cq'),
             self.define_from_variant('LCI_IBV_ENABLE_TRY_LOCK_QP', 'qp-lock'),
-            self.define('LCI_ENABLE_MULTITHREAD_PROGRESS', 'multithread-progress'),
+            self.define_from_variant('LCI_ENABLE_MULTITHREAD_PROGRESS', 'multithread-progress'),
             self.define('LCI_USE_DREG_DEFAULT',
                         1 if self.spec.variants['default-dreg'].value else 0),
             self.define_from_variant('LCI_DEBUG', 'debug'),