diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3692bea4a7..29ee7adb1c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt	
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ target_link_libraries(boost_numeric_odeint
     Boost::fusion
     Boost::iterator
     Boost::math
-    Boost::mpi
+    $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:Boost::mpi>
     Boost::mpl
     Boost::multi_array
     Boost::numeric_ublas