diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6c99d376..4618e6de 100755
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -952,7 +952,9 @@ OPAL_TOP_BUILDDIR="`pwd`"
 OPAL_SETUP_RPATH
 
 AS_IF([test "$enable_pmi_simple" = "yes"],
-     [WRAPPER_COMPILER_EXTRA_LIBS="$WRAPPER_COMPILER_EXTRA_LIBS -lpmi_simple"])
+     [WRAPPER_COMPILER_EXTRA_LIBS="$WRAPPER_COMPILER_EXTRA_LIBS -lpmi_simple"
+      LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lpmi_simple"
+      ])
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([for OPAL LDFLAGS])
 RPATHIFY_LDFLAGS([WRAPPER_COMPILER_EXTRA_LDFLAGS])
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 427b0387..752802d4 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ endif
 
 if USE_PMI_SIMPLE
 AM_CPPFLAGS += -I$(top_srcdir)/pmi-simple
+AM_LDFLAGS = -L$(top_builddir)/pmi-simple -lpmi_simple
 libsma_la_SOURCES += \
 	runtime-pmi.c
 else