diff --git a/hdf5-filter/H5Z-SZ/CMakeLists.txt b/hdf5-filter/H5Z-SZ/CMakeLists.txt
index 65b8e06..3a26074 100644
--- a/hdf5-filter/H5Z-SZ/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hdf5-filter/H5Z-SZ/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ target_link_libraries(
   hdf5sz
   PUBLIC SZ ${HDF5_LIBRARIES}
   )
+if(${HDF5_IS_PARALLEL})
+    find_package(MPI REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(hdf5sz PUBLIC MPI::MPI_CXX)
+endif()
 target_include_directories(
   hdf5sz
   PUBLIC