diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d8a724464826cc44046658cdd86f3e390a0da8ca..aa11f4ce94981cec24af88aca832fd84cd87a439 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -632,8 +632,12 @@ if (MORSE_DISTRIB_DIR OR EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/CMakeModules/morse/")
   #
   set(SCALFMM_COMPILE_FLAGS "${SCALFMM_CXX_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_TYPE} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${SCALFMM_COMPILE_FLAGS}")
-#  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${SCALFMM_COMPILE_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_TYPE} ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
-  set(SCALFMM_COMPILE_LIBS   "${SCALFMM_LIBRARIES}")
+  # We need the libraries without spaces (inside the config file)
+  set(SCALFMM_COMPILE_LIBS   "")
+  foreach(lib_var ${SCALFMM_LIBRARIES})
+      string(STRIP ${lib_var} lib_var)
+      LIST(APPEND SCALFMM_COMPILE_LIBS   ${lib_var})        
+  endforeach()
   configure_file( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Src/ScalFmmConfig.h.cmake
                   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/Src/ScalFmmConfig.h  )
   #
diff --git a/ScalFMMConfig.cmake.in b/ScalFMMConfig.cmake.in
index 6a932a54da571ae45304582e564300b939de8bab..bc683cab353236228569d6264bb3f4c1c8e69c9d 100644
--- a/ScalFMMConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/ScalFMMConfig.cmake.in
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ SET(SCALFMM_PREFIX        "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@")
 SET(SCALFMM_INCLUDES_DIR   "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/include")
 SET(SCALFMM_INCLUDES_ADD "@SCALFMM_INCLUDES@")
 SET(SCALFMM_LIBRARIES_DIR "@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@/lib")
-SET(SCALFMM_LIBRARIES_ADD "@SCALFMM_LIBRARIES@")
+SET(SCALFMM_LIBRARIES_ADD "@SCALFMM_COMPILE_LIBS@")
 SET(SCALFMM_LIBRARY_NAME  "@scalfmm_lib@")
 SET(ScaLFMM_CXX_FLAGS     "@SCALFMM_CXX_FLAGS@")
 #