diff --git a/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindQUARK.cmake b/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindQUARK.cmake
index 68e7923f603d1f15ad634dea5e5186e9a24487ab..507f00f71b880fe3ffa16521b397cc2c78e5baa3 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindQUARK.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/morse/find/FindQUARK.cmake
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ if(QUARK_LIBRARIES)
         set(REQUIRED_INCDIRS "${QUARK_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
     endif()
     if (QUARK_LIBRARY_DIRS)
-        set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS "${QUARK_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
+        set(REQUIRED_LIBDIRS "${QUARK_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
     endif()
     set(REQUIRED_LIBS "${QUARK_LIBRARIES}")
     # HWLOC