diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index f4062e220422fb115235955b6c5d01da09f0f16d..79892a849a652a56020da0d7748e1f473101b187 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ add_executable (mpi_unit_tests
 target_link_libraries (unit_tests
   PugsUtils
   kokkos
+  ${PARMETIS_LIBRARIES}
+  ${MPI_CXX_LINK_FLAGS} ${MPI_CXX_LIBRARIES}
   Catch2
   )