diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d542114d7c1ea7ec469261bb7a8ee55b5d40699..344d95e542a0b2bea019a2de60a8423d19b0f161 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( SYSTEM ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ThirdParty/zlib )
 
 IF(OGS_USE_LIS)
     ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DUSE_LIS)
+    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(SYSTEM ${LIS_INCLUDE_DIR})
 ENDIF()
 
 IF(OGS_USE_PETSC)
diff --git a/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt b/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 1bbe93c06e53d3a9e4fa729cd8b1005588d8550f..a795591b84632532ffcca864667cfc01624d1eb5 100644
--- a/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/MathLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ IF(METIS_FOUND)
 	)
 ENDIF()
 
-IF (LIS_FOUND)
-    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${LIS_INCLUDE_DIR})
-ENDIF()
-
 IF (OGS_USE_PETSC)
     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( LinAlg/PETSc )   
 
diff --git a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 923113e5441aff96047bcfb18eee2a02e707029f..7e370797409940fce6be8eceb2286324e4529ab1 100644
--- a/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
 	${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/BaseLib
 )
 
-IF (LIS_FOUND)
-	INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${LIS_INCLUDE_DIR})
-ENDIF()
-
 ADD_EXECUTABLE (testrunner testrunner.cpp ${TEST_SOURCES})
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(testrunner PROPERTIES FOLDER Testing)
 IF(TARGET Eigen)