diff --git a/script/install_PETSC.sh b/script/install_PETSC.sh
index 0d82eb10360aee8cb01ac3155e31447fdc14f04c..15f1acee97df4f2aa2c66f1f08f9796f95260659 100755
--- a/script/install_PETSC.sh
+++ b/script/install_PETSC.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ MUMPS_extra_libs=""
 configure_options=""
 
 
-configure_options="$configure_options --download-metis --download-parmetis"
+configure_options="$configure_options --with-64-bit-indices --with-parmetis-include=$1/PARMETIS/include --with-parmetis-lib=$1/PARMETIS/lib/libparmetis.a --with-metis-include=$1/METIS/include --with-metis-lib=$1/METIS/lib/libmetis.so"
 
 if [ -d "$1/BOOST" ]; then