diff --git a/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.6_p2.ebuild b/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.6_p2.ebuild
index 35d91fe43ac0d..4535c715b2655 100644
--- a/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.6_p2.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.6_p2.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 			;;
 	esac
 
-	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myconf[@]}" MPICC="$(tc-getCC -lmpi)"
+	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myconf[@]}" MPICC="$(tc-getCC) -lmpi"
 }
 
 src_configure() {
diff --git a/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.8.ebuild b/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.8.ebuild
index d345f5d141f99..c89038acc6aad 100644
--- a/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.8.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-3.3.8.ebuild
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 			;;
 	esac
 
-	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myconf[@]}" MPICC="$(tc-getCC -lmpi)"
+	ECONF_SOURCE="${S}" econf "${myconf[@]}" MPICC="$(tc-getCC) -lmpi"
 }
 
 src_configure() {
diff --git a/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-9999.ebuild b/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-9999.ebuild
index c08278dde8012..a43b48e5809f7 100644
--- a/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-9999.ebuild
+++ b/sci-libs/fftw/fftw-9999.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2018 Gentoo Foundation
+# Copyright 1999-2019 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=6
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		MY_S="${BUILD_DIR}"
 	fi
 
-	ECONF_SOURCE="${MY_S}" econf "${myconf[@]}" MPICC="$(tc-getCC -lmpi)"
+	ECONF_SOURCE="${MY_S}" econf "${myconf[@]}" MPICC="$(tc-getCC) -lmpi"
 }
 
 src_configure() {