diff --git a/cmake/dependencies.cmake b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
index f0b649eaf..2057a513a 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
@@ -615,6 +615,13 @@ if(ENABLE_LIBXML2)
   endif()
 endif(ENABLE_LIBXML2)
 
+################################
+# MPI
+################################
+if(ENABLE_PARALLEL4 OR HDF5_PARALLEL)
+  find_package(MPI REQUIRED)
+endif()
+
 ################################
 # Parallel IO
 ################################ 
@@ -622,13 +629,6 @@ if(ENABLE_PNETCDF)
   find_package(PNETCDF 1.6.0 REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
-################################
-# MPI
-################################
-if(ENABLE_PARALLEL4 OR HDF5_PARALLEL OR ENABLE_PNETCDF)
-  find_package(MPI REQUIRED)
-endif()
-
 ################################
 # Doxygen
 ################################ 
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindPNETCDF.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindPNETCDF.cmake
index 0bba33560..a147494db 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindPNETCDF.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindPNETCDF.cmake
@@ -63,9 +63,16 @@ find_package_handle_standard_args(PNETCDF
   )
 
 if (PNETCDF_FOUND AND NOT TARGET PNETCDF::PNETCDF)
+  find_package(MPI REQUIRED)
   add_library(PNETCDF::PNETCDF UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
   set_target_properties(PNETCDF::PNETCDF PROPERTIES
+    IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES MPI::MPI_C
     IMPORTED_LOCATION "${PNETCDF_LIBRARY}"
     INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${PNETCDF_INCLUDE_DIR}"
   )
+  find_library(MATH_LIBRARY m)
+  if (MATH_LIBRARY)
+    set_target_properties(PNETCDF::PNETCDF PROPERTIES
+      IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES ${MATH_LIBRARY})
+  endif()
 endif()