diff --git a/.github/workflows/meta.yml b/.github/workflows/meta.yml
index 316327fe7d..d0693d9442 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meta.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meta.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: (Ubuntu) finalize oneAPI environment 
       if: contains(matrix.os,'ubuntu') && contains(matrix.mpi,'intel')
       run: |
+        # Install MPI
+        sudo apt-get install -y -q intel-oneapi-mpi-devel ninja-build
         # To run HDF5 with oneAPI, we need to build it from source
         curl -O -L https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf5/archive/refs/tags/snapshot-1.14.tar.gz
         tar zxf snapshot-1.14.tar.gz