diff --git a/config/FindScaLAPACK.cmake b/config/FindScaLAPACK.cmake
index 745fa95..f375976 100644
--- a/config/FindScaLAPACK.cmake
+++ b/config/FindScaLAPACK.cmake
@@ -76,10 +76,16 @@ unset(_SCALAPACK_LIBRARIES)
 if(SCALAPACK_FOUND)
   list(APPEND SCALAPACK_LIBRARIES ${_SCALAPACK_LIBRARY})
   if(DEFINED BLAS_mkl_core_LIBRARY)
+    # For CMake <3.10, we need to set MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS
+    if((NOT MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS) AND MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_PATH)
+      set(MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS ${MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_PATH})
+    endif()
     # Check whether SGI MPT is used
     try_compile(_SGI_MPT
       ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
       ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config/check_sgimpt.cc
+      CMAKE_FLAGS "-DINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES:STRING=${MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+      LINK_LIBRARIES ${MPI_CXX_LIBRARIES}
       OUTPUT_VARIABLE LOG)
     if(_SGI_MPT)
       find_library(_SCALAPACK_BLACS_LIBRARY
@@ -91,6 +97,8 @@ if(SCALAPACK_FOUND)
       try_compile(_OPENMPI
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config/check_openmpi.cc
+        CMAKE_FLAGS "-DINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES:STRING=${MPI_CXX_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+        LINK_LIBRARIES ${MPI_CXX_LIBRARIES}
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE LOG)
       if(_OPENMPI)
         find_library(_SCALAPACK_BLACS_LIBRARY
@@ -108,9 +116,9 @@ if(SCALAPACK_FOUND)
     endif(_SGI_MPT)
     if(_SCALAPACK_BLACS_LIBRARY)
       list(APPEND SCALAPACK_LIBRARIES ${_SCALAPACK_BLACS_LIBRARY})
+      message(STATUS "Add BLACS to ScaLAPACK: ${_SCALAPACK_BLACS_LIBRARY}")
     endif(_SCALAPACK_BLACS_LIBRARY)
 
-
   else(DEFINED BLAS_mkl_core_LIBRARY)
     find_library(_BLACS_LIBRARY
       NAMES blacs blacs-openmpi blacs-mpich
@@ -118,6 +126,7 @@ if(SCALAPACK_FOUND)
       DOC "The ScaLAPACK BLACS library")
     if(_BLACS_LIBRARY)
       list(APPEND SCALAPACK_LIBRARIES ${_BLACS_LIBRARY})
+      message(STATUS "Add BLACS to ScaLAPACK: ${_BLACS_LIBRARY}")
     endif(_BLACS_LIBRARY)
 
     find_library(_BLACSCINIT_LIBRARY
@@ -126,8 +135,8 @@ if(SCALAPACK_FOUND)
       DOC "The ScaLAPACK BLACS Cinit library")
     if(_BLACSCINIT_LIBRARY)
       list(APPEND SCALAPACK_LIBRARIES ${_BLACSCINIT_LIBRARY})
+      message(STATUS "Add blacsCinit to ScaLAPACK: ${_BLACSCINIT_LIBRARY}")
     endif(_BLACSCINIT_LIBRARY)
 
   endif(DEFINED BLAS_mkl_core_LIBRARY)
 endif(SCALAPACK_FOUND)
-