diff --git a/src/libext/tblite/build_tblite_cmake.sh b/src/libext/tblite/build_tblite_cmake.sh
index 38c5801d5e..505de2cc73 100755
--- a/src/libext/tblite/build_tblite_cmake.sh
+++ b/src/libext/tblite/build_tblite_cmake.sh
@@ -89,6 +89,11 @@ if [[  -z "$I_MPI_F90"   ]] ; then
     export I_MPI_F90="$FC"
     echo I_MPI_F90 is "$I_MPI_F90"
 fi
+#Mpich
+if [[  -z "$MPICH_FC"   ]] ; then
+    export MPICH_FC="$FC"
+    echo MPICH_FC is "$MPICH_FC"
+fi
 if [[  -z "$PE_ENV"   ]] ; then
     #check if mpif90 and FC are consistent
     MPIF90_EXTRA=$(${NWCHEM_TOP}/src/config/strip_compiler.sh `${MPIF90} -show`)