diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b4f6f23c..cbb928fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ SET(HYPRE_DIR "" CACHE STRING "Directory of HYPRE")
 SET(MUELU_DIR "" CACHE_STRING "Directory of MueLu")
 SET(METIS_DIR "" CACHE STRING "Directory of metis")
 SET(MFEM_DIR "" CACHE STRING "Directory of mfem")
+SET(MFEM_MESH_DIR "" CACHE STRING "Directory containing MFEM mesh files")
 SET(PETSC_DIR "" CACHE STRING "Directory of petsc")
 SET(PTSCOTCH_DIR "" CACHE STRING "Directory of Ptscotch")
 SET(PARMETIS_DIR "" CACHE STRING "Directory of ParMetis")
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ if(WITH_MFEM)
 	find_package(Mfem)
 	if (MFEM_FOUND)
 		include_directories(${MFEM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+		message(STATUS "MFEM Mesh Directory: " ${MFEM_MESH_PATH})
 	else()
 		message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find mfem. Try setting MFEM_DIR.")
 	endif(MFEM_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/FindMfem.cmake b/cmake/FindMfem.cmake
index 83073707..ba768597 100644
--- a/cmake/FindMfem.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindMfem.cmake
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ find_path(MFEM_INCLUDE_DIR mfem.hpp
 find_path(MFEM_MESH_PATH beam-tet.mesh
          HINTS ${PC_MFEM_INCLUDEDIR} ${PC_MFEM_INCLUDE_DIRS}
          ${MFEM_DIR} ${MFEM_DIR}/data ${MFEM_DIR}/../data
-         $ENV{MFEM_DIR} $ENV{MFEM_DIR}../data $ENV{MFEM_DIR}/../data)
+         $ENV{MFEM_DIR} $ENV{MFEM_DIR}../data $ENV{MFEM_DIR}/../data
+	 ${MFEM_MESH_DIR} ${MFEM_MESH_DIR}/data
+	 $ENV{MFEM_MESH_DIR} $ENV{MFEM_MESH_DIR}/data)
 
 find_library(MFEM_LIBRARY NAMES mfem
-             HINTS ${PC_MFEM_LIBDIR} ${PC_MFEM_LIBRARY_DIRS}
-             ${MFEM_DIR} ${MFEM_DIR}/lib
-				$ENV{MFEM_DIR} $ENV{MFEM_DIR}/lib)
+         HINTS ${PC_MFEM_LIBDIR} ${PC_MFEM_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+         ${MFEM_DIR} ${MFEM_DIR}/lib
+         $ENV{MFEM_DIR} $ENV{MFEM_DIR}/lib)
 
 set(MFEM_LIBRARIES ${MFEM_LIBRARY} )
 set(MFEM_INCLUDE_DIRS ${MFEM_INCLUDE_DIR} )