diff --git a/cmake/Modules/LAMMPSUtils.cmake b/cmake/Modules/LAMMPSUtils.cmake
index fb1203ec73..37275843fa 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/LAMMPSUtils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/LAMMPSUtils.cmake
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function(check_for_autogen_files source_dir)
     file(GLOB SRC_AUTOGEN_FILES ${source_dir}/style_*.h)
     file(GLOB SRC_AUTOGEN_PACKAGES ${source_dir}/packages_*.h)
     list(APPEND SRC_AUTOGEN_FILES ${SRC_AUTOGEN_PACKAGES} ${source_dir}/lmpinstalledpkgs.h ${source_dir}/lmpgitversion.h)
-    list(APPEND SRC_AUTOGEN_FILES ${SRC_AUTOGEN_PACKAGES} ${source_dir}/MLIAP/mliap_model_python_couple ${source_dir}/MLIAP/mliap_model_python_couple.cpp)
+    list(APPEND SRC_AUTOGEN_FILES ${SRC_AUTOGEN_PACKAGES} ${source_dir}/mliap_model_python_couple.h ${source_dir}/mliap_model_python_couple.cpp)
     foreach(_SRC ${SRC_AUTOGEN_FILES})
       get_filename_component(FILENAME "${_SRC}" NAME)
       if(EXISTS ${source_dir}/${FILENAME})
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/MLIAP.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/MLIAP.cmake
index 0f19c54461..0fba0fd63d 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/MLIAP.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/MLIAP.cmake
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ option(MLIAP_ENABLE_PYTHON "Build MLIAP package with Python support" ${MLIAP_ENA
 
 if(MLIAP_ENABLE_PYTHON)
   find_package(Cythonize REQUIRED)
-  if(NOT_PKG_PYTHON)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Must install PYTHON package for MLIAP_PYTHON")
+  if(NOT PKG_PYTHON)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Must install PYTHON package for MLIAP with Python support")
   endif()
 
   set(MLIAP_CYTHON_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/cython)