diff --git a/gretl.spec b/gretl.spec
index 5661136..f00aac2 100644
--- a/gretl.spec
+++ b/gretl.spec
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ This package contains the binary openmpi files for %{name}.
 %{_openmpi_load}
 %configure 	--disable-static \
 		--disable-avx \
-        --with-mpi
+        --with-mpi \
+        --with-mpi-lib=%{_libdir}/openmpi/lib/ \
+        --with-mpi-include=%{_includedir}/openmpi-%_arch/
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 cp %{SOURCE1} %{_builddir}/%{name}-%{version}/gretl_plugins.txt