diff --git a/debian/control b/debian/control
index 718675d..66e991c 100644
--- a/debian/control
+++ b/debian/control
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 7.0.50~),
  gdb,
  gcc-multilib [amd64],
  libc6-dev-i386 [amd64],
+ mpi-default-dev,
  docbook,
  docbook-xsl,
  docbook-xml,
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 9f51cce..6fc2a84 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ endif
 
 override_dh_auto_configure:
 	cat xfree-4.supp debian/debian.supp > debian.supp
-	dh_auto_configure -- --host="$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)" --enable-tls \
+	dh_auto_configure -- --host="$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)" --enable-tls --with-mpicc=/usr/bin/mpicc \
 		CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS)" LDFLAGS="$(LDFLAGS)"
 
 override_dh_auto_test: