diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f4e604a5c9..39f86278ad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ add_subdirectory("src/forcing")
 add_subdirectory("src/utilities/mdarray")
 add_subdirectory("src/utilities/mdframe")
 add_subdirectory("src/utilities/logging")
+add_subdirectory("src/utilities/mpi")
 
 target_link_libraries(ngen
     PUBLIC
@@ -344,6 +345,10 @@ target_link_libraries(ngen
         NGen::logging
 )
 
+if(NGEN_WITH_MPI)
+    target_link_libraries(ngen PUBLIC NGen::MPI_Detour)
+endif()
+
 if(NGEN_WITH_SQLITE)
     add_subdirectory("src/geopackage")
     target_link_libraries(ngen PUBLIC NGen::geopackage)
diff --git a/src/utilities/mpi/CMakeLists.txt b/src/utilities/mpi/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e1bdac4b0..6a60ce387b 100644
--- a/src/utilities/mpi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/utilities/mpi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 add_library(MPIDetour SHARED "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/MPIDetour.c")
+add_library(NGen::MPI_Detour ALIAS MPIDetour)