diff --git a/ompi/mca/osc/monitoring/Makefile.am b/ompi/mca/osc/monitoring/Makefile.am
index 6c83b943652..2e1eb759e4f 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/osc/monitoring/Makefile.am
+++ b/ompi/mca/osc/monitoring/Makefile.am
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ monitoring_sources  = \
 	osc_monitoring_module.h \
 	osc_monitoring_template.h
 
+AM_CPPFLAGS = $(osc_monitoring_portals4_CPPFLAGS)
+
 if MCA_BUILD_ompi_osc_monitoring_DSO
 component_noinst =
 component_install = mca_osc_monitoring.la
diff --git a/ompi/mca/osc/monitoring/configure.m4 b/ompi/mca/osc/monitoring/configure.m4
index 939efe155b5..ca4e89c615b 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/osc/monitoring/configure.m4
+++ b/ompi/mca/osc/monitoring/configure.m4
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ AC_DEFUN([MCA_ompi_osc_monitoring_CONFIG],[
     AS_IF([test "$MCA_BUILD_ompi_common_monitoring_DSO_TRUE" = ''],
           [$1],
           [$2])
-    OPAL_CHECK_PORTALS4([osc_monitoring],
+    OPAL_CHECK_PORTALS4([osc_monitoring_portals4],
                         [AC_DEFINE([OMPI_WITH_OSC_PORTALS4], [1], [Whether or not to generate template for osc_portals4])],
                         [])
+    # substitute in the things needed to build portals4
+    AC_SUBST([osc_monitoring_portals4_CPPFLAGS])
 ])dnl