diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ecfe23a6..1db9bf33e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -717,7 +717,7 @@ endif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
                 add_compile_options(${OPENMPI_CFLAGS})
                 link_directories(${OPENMPI_LIBRARY_DIRS})
                 link_libraries(${OPENMPI_LIBRARIES})
-                find_file(MpidotH mpi.h PATHS ${OPENMPI_INCLUDE_DIRS} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+                find_file(MpidotH mpi.h PATHS ${OPENMPI_INCLUDE_DIRS} /usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi2/include NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
                 if(NOT MpidotH)
                     message( WARNING "mpi.h was not found. Check for error above.")
                 endif()