diff --git a/.github/ci_scripts/github_linux_basic b/.github/ci_scripts/github_linux_basic
index 8c031b13d..17ee3cce9 100644
--- a/.github/ci_scripts/github_linux_basic
+++ b/.github/ci_scripts/github_linux_basic
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ ISSM_CONFIG='\
 	--with-numthreads=4 \
 	--with-matlab-dir=${MATLAB_PATH} \
 	--with-fortran-lib="-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lgfortran" \
-	--with-mpi-include="-I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openmpi/include/" \
+	--with-mpi-include="/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openmpi/include/" \
 	--with-mpi-libflags="-L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/openmpi/lib -lmpi" \
 	--with-petsc-dir="/usr/lib/petscdir/petsc-real/" \
 	--with-blas-lapack-dir="/usr/lib/petscdir/petsc-real/" \