diff --git a/libhdf5/CMakeLists.txt b/libhdf5/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b396e484..ad9b67a23 100644
--- a/libhdf5/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libhdf5/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,5 +19,9 @@ ENDIF()
 # the netCDF library.
 add_library(netcdfhdf5 OBJECT ${libnchdf5_SOURCES})
 
+IF(MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH)
+    target_include_directories(netcdfhdf5 PUBLIC ${MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH})
+ENDIF(MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH)
+
 # Remember to package this file for CMake builds.
 ADD_EXTRA_DIST(${libnchdf5_SOURCES} CMakeLists.txt)
diff --git a/libsrc/CMakeLists.txt b/libsrc/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e1a525fb..45837339a 100644
--- a/libsrc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libsrc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ ENDIF(ENABLE_BYTERANGE)
 
 add_library(netcdf3 OBJECT ${libsrc_SOURCES})
 
+IF(MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH)
+    target_include_directories(netcdf3 PUBLIC ${MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH})
+ENDIF(MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH)
+
 # The C API man page.
 
 SET(MAN_FILES netcdf.3)
diff --git a/libsrc4/CMakeLists.txt b/libsrc4/CMakeLists.txt
index 0334edae4..ff31b596f 100644
--- a/libsrc4/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libsrc4/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ ncindex.c nc4cache.c)
 
 add_library(netcdf4 OBJECT ${libsrc4_SOURCES})
 
+IF(MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH)
+    target_include_directories(netcdf4 PUBLIC ${MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH})
+ENDIF(MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH)
+
 # Files for make dist
 FILE(GLOB libsrc4_HEADERS RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.h ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/*.sh)
 SET(CUR_EXTRA_DIST CMakeLists.txt Makefile.am)