diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 41e163ff..90634bee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 
 project(ccpp_framework
         VERSION 5.0.0
@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@ set(PACKAGE "ccpp-framework")
 set(AUTHORS "Dom Heinzeller" "Grant Firl" "Mike Kavulich" "Dustin Swales" "Courtney Peverley")
 string(TIMESTAMP YEAR "%Y")
 
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Set MPI flags for Fortran with MPI F08 interface
+find_package(MPI REQUIRED Fortran)
+if(NOT MPI_Fortran_HAVE_F08_MODULE)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "MPI implementation does not support the Fortran 2008 mpi_f08 interface")
+endif()
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Set OpenMP flags for C/C++/Fortran
 if (OPENMP)
diff --git a/src/ccpp_types.F90 b/src/ccpp_types.F90
index dafa7c80..12faa75c 100644
--- a/src/ccpp_types.F90
+++ b/src/ccpp_types.F90
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 !
 module ccpp_types
 
+    use mpi_f08, only: MPI_Comm
+
 !! \section arg_table_ccpp_types
 !! \htmlinclude ccpp_types.html
 !!
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ module ccpp_types
 
     private
     public :: ccpp_t, one
+    public :: MPI_Comm
 
     !> @var Definition of constant one
     integer, parameter :: one = 1
diff --git a/src/ccpp_types.meta b/src/ccpp_types.meta
index 41a01f52..7042d29b 100644
--- a/src/ccpp_types.meta
+++ b/src/ccpp_types.meta
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@
   dimensions = ()
   type = integer
 
+########################################################################
+[ccpp-table-properties]
+  name = MPI_Comm
+  type = ddt
+  dependencies =
+
+[ccpp-arg-table]
+  name = MPI_Comm
+  type = ddt
+
 ########################################################################
 
 [ccpp-table-properties]
@@ -79,3 +89,9 @@
   units = 1
   dimensions = ()
   type = integer
+[MPI_Comm]
+  standard_name = MPI_Comm
+  long_name = definition of type MPI_Comm
+  units = DDT
+  dimensions = ()
+  type = MPI_Comm
diff --git a/test_prebuild/test_blocked_data/CMakeLists.txt b/test_prebuild/test_blocked_data/CMakeLists.txt
index 921c87e6..fdd5f9af 100644
--- a/test_prebuild/test_blocked_data/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test_prebuild/test_blocked_data/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 
 project(ccpp_blocked_data
         VERSION 1.0.0
-        LANGUAGES Fortran)
+        LANGUAGES C Fortran)
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Request a static build
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build a shared library" OFF)
 
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Set MPI flags for C/C++/Fortran with MPI F08 interface
+find_package(MPI REQUIRED C Fortran)
+if(NOT MPI_Fortran_HAVE_F08_MODULE)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "MPI implementation does not support the Fortran 2008 mpi_f08 interface")
+endif()
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Set the sources: physics type definitions
 set(TYPEDEFS $ENV{CCPP_TYPEDEFS})
@@ -57,6 +64,7 @@ set(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS} -O0 -fno-unsafe-math-optimizatio
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 add_library(ccpp_blocked_data STATIC ${SCHEMES} ${CAPS} ${API})
+target_link_libraries(ccpp_blocked_data PRIVATE MPI::MPI_Fortran)
 # Generate list of Fortran modules from defined sources
 foreach(source_f90 ${CAPS} ${API})
     get_filename_component(tmp_source_f90 ${source_f90} NAME)
diff --git a/test_prebuild/test_chunked_data/CMakeLists.txt b/test_prebuild/test_chunked_data/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d055768..512a5a7e 100644
--- a/test_prebuild/test_chunked_data/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test_prebuild/test_chunked_data/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 
 project(ccpp_chunked_data
         VERSION 1.0.0
-        LANGUAGES Fortran)
+        LANGUAGES C Fortran)
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Request a static build
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build a shared library" OFF)
 
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Set MPI flags for C/C++/Fortran with MPI F08 interface
+find_package(MPI REQUIRED C Fortran)
+if(NOT MPI_Fortran_HAVE_F08_MODULE)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "MPI implementation does not support the Fortran 2008 mpi_f08 interface")
+endif()
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Set the sources: physics type definitions
 set(TYPEDEFS $ENV{CCPP_TYPEDEFS})
@@ -57,6 +64,7 @@ set(CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS} -O0 -fno-unsafe-math-optimizatio
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 add_library(ccpp_chunked_data STATIC ${SCHEMES} ${CAPS} ${API})
+target_link_libraries(ccpp_chunked_data PRIVATE MPI::MPI_Fortran)
 # Generate list of Fortran modules from defined sources
 foreach(source_f90 ${CAPS} ${API})
     get_filename_component(tmp_source_f90 ${source_f90} NAME)
diff --git a/test_prebuild/test_chunked_data/README.md b/test_prebuild/test_chunked_data/README.md
index 40812515..16db6fc5 100644
--- a/test_prebuild/test_chunked_data/README.md
+++ b/test_prebuild/test_chunked_data/README.md
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake .. 2>&1 | tee log.cmake
 make 2>&1 | tee log.make
+./test_chunked_data.x
+# On systems where linking against the MPI library requires a parallel launcher,
+# use 'mpirun -np 1 ./test_chunked_data.x' or 'srun -n 1 ./test_chunked_data.x' etc.
 ```