--- config/ConduitConfig.cmake.in.orig	2026-05-11 14:45:51.851143000 -0400
+++ config/ConduitConfig.cmake.in	2026-05-11 14:46:43.772858000 -0400
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
 include(${CONDUIT_CMAKE_CONFIG_DIR}/conduit_setup_deps.cmake)
 
 # include targets exported by cmake
+include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
+find_dependency(MPI COMPONENTS C)
 include(${CONDUIT_CMAKE_CONFIG_DIR}/conduit.cmake)
 
 # finally setup our final imported targets