diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df809a500..efecbc4d3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules/")
 
 # Set some options the user may choose
 # Uncomment the below if you want the user to choose a parallelization library
-#OPTION(USE_MPI "Use the MPI library for parallelization" OFF)
-#OPTION(USE_OPENMP "Use OpenMP for parallelization" OFF)
+OPTION(USE_MPI "Use the MPI library for parallelization" OFF)
+OPTION(USE_OPENMP "Use OpenMP for parallelization" OFF)
 
 # This INCLUDE statement executes code that sets the compile flags for DEBUG,
 # RELEASE, and TESTING.  You should  review this file and make sure the flags 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 7b4960f43..e0bc0750b 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,6 +105,21 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(${FOOEXE} ${FOO_src})
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${FOOEXE} ${NETCDF_LIBRARIES}
                                 ${NETCDFFORTRAN_LIBRARIES})
 
+# Uncomment if you have parallization
+IF(USE_OPENMP)
+    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${FOOEXE} PROPERTIES
+                          COMPILE_FLAGS "${OpenMP_Fortran_FLAGS}"
+                          LINK_FLAGS "${OpenMP_Fortran_FLAGS}")
+ELSEIF(USE_MPI)
+    SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(${FOOEXE} PROPERTIES
+                          COMPILE_FLAGS "${MPI_Fortran_COMPILE_FLAGS}"
+                          LINK_FLAGS "${MPI_Fortran_LINK_FLAGS}")
+    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${MPI_Fortran_INCLUDE_PATH})
+    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${FOOEXE} ${MPI_Fortran_LIBRARIES})
+ENDIF(USE_OPENMP)
+
+
+
 #####################################
 # Tell how to install this executable
 #####################################