diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index ffb14522608a9d188c2e8de0e71a5b0cf5def0cd..248ea583b75fe29accdb2c07fcfcd799bace258d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ local_install_dir = '/scratch.local/chichi/installs'
 
 include_dirs = ['src',
                 '/usr/lib64/mpi/gcc/openmpi/include',
+                '/usr/include/mpich',
                 os.path.join(local_install_dir, 'include')]
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