diff --git a/CMake/mpi.cmake b/CMake/mpi.cmake
index 853a355e..0f40d7b4 100644
--- a/CMake/mpi.cmake
+++ b/CMake/mpi.cmake
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ elseif (ENABLE_CORI_GPU OR (NOT DEFINED ENABLE_CORI_GPU AND NOT ("$ENV{OPENMPI_D
     set(MPIEXEC srun CACHE STRING "Platform MPI run equivalent")
     set(MPI_C_FOUND CACHE BOOL ON "status of MPI config")
 else()
-    find_package(MPI COMPONENTS C)
+    find_package(MPI COMPONENTS C CXX)
 endif()
 
 if (NOT MPI_C_FOUND)