diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindLIBMESH.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindLIBMESH.cmake
index 7b3a64ad00..62ab223387 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindLIBMESH.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindLIBMESH.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 include(FindPkgConfig)
 set(ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH} "$ENV{PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:${LIBMESH_PC}")
+set(PKG_CONFIG_USE_CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH True)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBMESH REQUIRED libmesh>=1.6.0 IMPORTED_TARGET)
 
 find_path(LIBMESH_PC NAMES libmesh.pc
diff --git a/tools/ci/gha-install.py b/tools/ci/gha-install.py
index 5f7c70660e..3dac29407c 100644
--- a/tools/ci/gha-install.py
+++ b/tools/ci/gha-install.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def install(omp=False, mpi=False, phdf5=False, dagmc=False, libmesh=False):
 
     if libmesh:
         cmake_cmd.append('-Dlibmesh=ON')
-        cmake_cmd.append('-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=$HOME/LIBMESH')
+        cmake_cmd.append('-DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/home/travis/LIBMESH')
 
     # Build in coverage mode for coverage testing
     cmake_cmd.append('-Dcoverage=on')