diff --git a/XClib/CMakeLists.txt b/XClib/CMakeLists.txt
index ad12c2bbd..2feba2375 100644
--- a/XClib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/XClib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ qe_add_library(qe_xclib ${sources_xclib})
 target_link_libraries(qe_xclib
     PUBLIC
         qe_openacc_fortran
+        qe_mpi_fortran
     PRIVATE
         qe_openmp_fortran
-        qe_mpi_fortran
         qe_external_libxc
         qe_libbeef)