diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
index 59337824e5..c6318e079e 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/superlu-dist/package.py
@@ -54,7 +54,9 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             '-DUSE_XSDK_DEFAULTS=YES',
             '-DTPL_PARMETIS_LIBRARIES=%s' % spec['parmetis'].libs.ld_flags +
             ';' + spec['metis'].libs.ld_flags,
-            '-DTPL_PARMETIS_INCLUDE_DIRS=%s' % spec['parmetis'].prefix.include
+            '-DTPL_PARMETIS_INCLUDE_DIRS=%s' %
+            spec['parmetis'].prefix.include +
+            ';' + spec['metis'].prefix.include
         ]
 
         if (spec.satisfies('%xl') or spec.satisfies('%xl_r')) and \