diff --git a/src/parallel/decompose/ptscotchDecomp/Make/options b/src/parallel/decompose/ptscotchDecomp/Make/options
index 0fcafd255977ebd21454be422e771870e3269072..733441c3fc7c175eee31ea441da4c30a58b8dc3e 100644
--- a/src/parallel/decompose/ptscotchDecomp/Make/options
+++ b/src/parallel/decompose/ptscotchDecomp/Make/options
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ sinclude $(DEFAULT_RULES)/mplib$(WM_MPLIB)
 
 EXE_INC = \
     $(PFLAGS) $(PINC) \
-    -I../decompositionMethods/lnInclude \
+    -I$(SCOTCH_INC_DIR) \
     -I$(SCOTCH_ARCH_PATH)/include/$(FOAM_MPI) \
-    -I$(SCOTCH_INC_DIR)
+    -I../decompositionMethods/lnInclude
 
 /*
  * The '-lscotch' is a slight hack:
@@ -15,7 +15,5 @@ LIB_LIBS = \
     -L$(SCOTCH_LIB_DIR) \
     -L$(FOAM_EXT_LIBBIN) \
     -L$(FOAM_EXT_LIBBIN)/$(FOAM_MPI) \
-    -lptscotch \
-    -lptscotcherrexit \
-    -lscotch \
-    -lrt
+    -lptscotch -lptscotcherrexit \
+    -lscotch -lrt
diff --git a/src/parallel/decompose/scotchDecomp/Make/options b/src/parallel/decompose/scotchDecomp/Make/options
index d98ed6ce43f08e67396e8f1170f9cdba9e716ddc..d2165b174daf7024a31d66867f544a48c774543b 100644
--- a/src/parallel/decompose/scotchDecomp/Make/options
+++ b/src/parallel/decompose/scotchDecomp/Make/options
@@ -11,4 +11,5 @@ EXE_INC = \
     -I../decompositionMethods/lnInclude
 
 LIB_LIBS = \
-    -L$(SCOTCH_LIB_DIR) -lscotch -lscotcherrexit -lrt
+    -L$(SCOTCH_LIB_DIR) \
+    -lscotch -lscotcherrexit -lrt