diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index f1b5bb0646d9f3d7b44596ba4949b6a73392e0a0..f88cede68a75724956934c4d7fd45ec8f8ec8622 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -1767,6 +1767,7 @@ (define-public petsc-openmpi
     (name "petsc-openmpi")
     (inputs
      `(("hdf5" ,hdf5-parallel-openmpi)
+       ("hypre" ,hypre-openmpi)
        ("metis" ,metis)
        ("mumps" ,mumps-openmpi)
        ("openmpi" ,openmpi)
@@ -1776,7 +1777,8 @@ (define-public petsc-openmpi
     (arguments
      (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments petsc)
        ((#:configure-flags cf)
-        ``("--with-mpiexec=mpirun"
+        ``("--with-hypre=1"
+           "--with-mpiexec=mpirun"
            "--with-metis=1"
            "--with-mumps=1"
            "--with-scalapack=1"