diff --git a/cmake/modules/AddMETISFlags.cmake b/cmake/modules/AddMETISFlags.cmake
index b0f4bde3cf10ff3b8d9327da00c9e31b2ca04ed0..9cfe3389c472f40eb9c9c2be94ebdf4b8ebc2cda 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/AddMETISFlags.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/AddMETISFlags.cmake
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ function(add_dune_metis_flags _targets)
       target_link_libraries(${_target} ${METIS_LIBRARY})
     endforeach(_target ${_targets})
     set_property(TARGET ${_targets} APPEND PROPERTY
-      COMPILE_DIRECTORIES ${METIS_INCLUDE_DIR})
+      INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${METIS_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
   endif(METIS_FOUND)
 endfunction(add_dune_metis_flags _targets)