diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8ccf7b0e..e762d713 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Add explicit `find_package()` calls for missing dependencies for MAPL for builds with spack-stack. Will eventually be fixed in MAPL in later versions
 - Corrected the units of the gravimetric soil moisture to percent instead of fractional in the FENGSHA dust scheme.
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b20e22c..d2e7fb93 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ endif ()
 
 if (UFS_GOCART)
   find_package (GFTL_SHARED REQUIRED)
+  # Dom Heinzeller 2023/08/30 - workaround until https://github.com/GEOS-ESM/MAPL/pull/2320
+  # is merged and finds its way into the ufs-weather-model dependency tree
+  find_package (YAFYAML QUIET)
+  find_package (FARGPARSE QUIET)
+  find_package (PFLOGGER QUIET)
+  #
   find_package (MAPL REQUIRED)
   include(mapl_acg)
 elseif (IS_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/ESMF/Shared/MAPL@")