diff --git a/cmake_modules/FindOTF2.cmake b/cmake_modules/FindOTF2.cmake
index 2853f92a..af1f3225 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/FindOTF2.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/FindOTF2.cmake
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ IF(NOT OTF2_CONFIG OR NOT EXISTS ${OTF2_CONFIG})
 ELSE()
   message(STATUS "OTF2 installation found. (using ${OTF2_CONFIG})")
 
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${OTF2_CONFIG} "--cppflags" OUTPUT_VARIABLE OTF2_INCLUDE_PATH)
+  execute_process(COMMAND ${OTF2_CONFIG} "--cppflags" "--target" "backend" OUTPUT_VARIABLE OTF2_INCLUDE_PATH)
   STRING(REPLACE "\n" "" OTF2_INCLUDE_PATH ${OTF2_INCLUDE_PATH})
   STRING(REPLACE "-I" "" OTF2_INCLUDE_PATH ${OTF2_INCLUDE_PATH})
   
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${OTF2_CONFIG} "--ldflags" OUTPUT_VARIABLE _LINK_LD_ARGS)
+  execute_process(COMMAND ${OTF2_CONFIG} "--ldflags" "--target" "backend" OUTPUT_VARIABLE _LINK_LD_ARGS)
   STRING( REPLACE " " ";" _LINK_LD_ARGS ${_LINK_LD_ARGS} )
   FOREACH( _ARG ${_LINK_LD_ARGS} )
     IF(${_ARG} MATCHES "^-L")
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ ELSE()
     ENDIF(${_ARG} MATCHES "^-L")
   ENDFOREACH(_ARG)
 
-  execute_process(COMMAND ${OTF2_CONFIG} "--libs" OUTPUT_VARIABLE _LINK_LD_ARGS)
+  execute_process(COMMAND ${OTF2_CONFIG} "--libs" "--target" "backend" OUTPUT_VARIABLE _LINK_LD_ARGS)
   STRING( REPLACE " " ";" _LINK_LD_ARGS ${_LINK_LD_ARGS} )
   FOREACH( _ARG ${_LINK_LD_ARGS} )
     IF(${_ARG} MATCHES "^-l")