diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e15cb00b421267ad3f17310e0b1c313d6fd4290a..91d55d9dfc40f71f2a63c1f8ddc73663016d14df 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ find_package(HIP)
 if(HIP_FOUND)
         set(DEFINE_HIP_GPU "#define HIP_GPU")
         set(DEFINE_CUDIFY_USE_HIP "#define CUDIFY_USE_HIP")
+else
+	#if not HIP we set the MPI wrappers
+	set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER mpicc)
+	set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER mpic++)	
 endif()
 
 if(HIP_FOUND)