diff --git a/modules/find/FindEZTRACE.cmake b/modules/find/FindEZTRACE.cmake
index a68e3967415c513005da469a80b0beb34eaf2a83..a511f1fc20a2dd886ae6eeb60f9e46321ed04a52 100644
--- a/modules/find/FindEZTRACE.cmake
+++ b/modules/find/FindEZTRACE.cmake
@@ -114,12 +114,12 @@ if (PKG_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE)
         message(STATUS "${Magenta}Looking for EZTRACE-MPI - not found.${ColourReset}")
       endif()
 
-      list(APPEND EZTRACE_LIBRARIES ${EZTRACE_MPI_LIBRARIES})
+      list(APPEND EZTRACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${EZTRACE_MPI_LIBRARIES})
       if (MPI_FOUND)
         if (MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH)
           list(APPEND EZTRACE_INCLUDE_DIRS ${MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH})
         endif()
-        list(APPEND EZTRACE_LIBRARIES ${MPI_C_LIBRARIES})
+        list(APPEND EZTRACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${MPI_C_LIBRARIES})
       endif()
     endif(EZTRACE_LOOK_FOR_MPI)