diff --git a/script/set_mpi b/script/set_mpi
index 4561e07a864df5ff4b320fb3c7633c6557aae2d5..348d0fbd4c90cacc31dbf4893f9c562c9dbd031a 100755
--- a/script/set_mpi
+++ b/script/set_mpi
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ function set_mpi()
   if [ x"$MPI_valid" == x"yes" ]; then
         configure_options="$configure_options CXX=mpic++ "
   else
-        ./script/install_MPI.sh $1 $2
+        ./script/install_MPI.sh $1 $2 CC=$3 CXX=$4 F77=$5 FC=$6
         MPI_installed=1
         export PATH="$1/MPI/bin:$PATH"
         configure_options="$configure_options CXX=mpic++ "