diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index bef185df26..ec1205c8ff 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -562,7 +562,12 @@ if(PKG_USER-PLUMED)
       URL https://github.com/plumed/plumed2/releases/download/v2.4.4/plumed-src-2.4.4.tgz
       URL_MD5 71ed465bdc7c2059e282dbda8d564e71
       BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-      CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR> ${CONFIGURE_REQUEST_PIC})
+      CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
+                                               ${CONFIGURE_REQUEST_PIC}
+                                                --enable-modules=all
+                                               CXX=${CMAKE_MPI_CXX_COMPILER}
+                                               CC=${CMAKE_MPI_C_COMPILER}
+    )
     ExternalProject_get_property(plumed_build INSTALL_DIR)
     set(PLUMED_INSTALL_DIR ${INSTALL_DIR})
     list(APPEND LAMMPS_DEPS plumed_build)
diff --git a/lib/plumed/Install.py b/lib/plumed/Install.py
index f2b949e21d..30cd9a993b 100644
--- a/lib/plumed/Install.py
+++ b/lib/plumed/Install.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ if buildflag:
   # build plumed
   print("Building plumed ...")
   n_cpus = get_cpus()
-  cmd = 'cd %s/plumed-%s; ./configure --prefix=%s --enable-static-patch ; make -j%d ; make install' % (homepath,version,homedir,n_cpus)
+  cmd = 'cd %s/plumed-%s; ./configure --prefix=%s --enable-modules=all --enable-static-patch ; make -j%d ; make install' % (homepath,version,homedir,n_cpus)
   try:
     txt = subprocess.check_output(cmd,stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,shell=True)
     print(txt.decode('UTF-8'))