diff --git a/travis/build_env.sh b/travis/build_env.sh
index bd51dd21e7..3f8c24ea54 100755
--- a/travis/build_env.sh
+++ b/travis/build_env.sh
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ if [[ "$os" == "Linux" ]]; then
 	if [[ "$BLAS_ENV" == "lib*openblas*" ]]; then
 	    $MYSUDO apt-get install -y $BLAS_ENV
 	fi
+	if [[ "$MPI_IMPL" == "openmpi" ]]; then
 	    mpi_bin="openmpi-bin" ; mpi_libdev="libopenmpi-dev" scalapack_libdev="libscalapack-openmpi-dev"
 	fi
 	if [[ "$MPI_IMPL" == "mpich" ]]; then