diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 446b25817..fe8253c1a 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -990,7 +990,10 @@ if env['addInstallTargets']:
 linkLibs = ['cantera']
 
 if env['use_sundials'] == 'y':
-    linkLibs.extend(('sundials_cvodes','sundials_nvecserial'))
+    env['sundials_libs'] = ['sundials_cvodes', 'sundials_ida', 'sundials_nvecserial']
+    linkLibs.extend(('sundials_cvodes', 'sundials_ida', 'sundials_nvecserial'))
+else:
+    env['sundials_libs'] = []
 
 linkLibs.extend(env['blas_lapack_libs'])
 
diff --git a/src/SConscript b/src/SConscript
index 779a12ced..7a6ce1b03 100644
--- a/src/SConscript
+++ b/src/SConscript
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if localenv['addInstallTargets']:
 
 # OS X requires the shared libraries at link time
 if localenv['OS'] == 'Darwin' and localenv['use_sundials'] == 'y':
-    localenv.Append(LIBS=['sundials_cvodes', 'sundials_nvecserial'],
+    localenv.Append(LIBS=localenv['sundials_libs'],
                     LIBPATH=localenv['sundials_libdir'])
 
 # Build the Cantera shared library
diff --git a/src/matlab/SConscript b/src/matlab/SConscript
index 569de46fd..11ade1feb 100644
--- a/src/matlab/SConscript
+++ b/src/matlab/SConscript
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ localenv = env.Clone()
 localenv.Append(CPPPATH=['#include', '#src'])
 
 cantera_libname = 'cantera_shared' if os.name=='nt' else 'cantera'
+libs = [cantera_libname] + env['sundials_libs']
+
 localenv.Command('build_cantera.m',
                  mglob(localenv, '.', 'cpp'),
-                 MatlabBuilder([cantera_libname]))
+                 MatlabBuilder(libs))
 
 localenv['ENV']['PATH'] = os.environ['PATH']
 if 'TEMP' in os.environ:
diff --git a/src/python/SConscript b/src/python/SConscript
index 14e63a780..8ed9dc79a 100644
--- a/src/python/SConscript
+++ b/src/python/SConscript
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ if localenv['python_package'] == 'full':
     if localenv['OS'] == 'Darwin':
         pylinklibs.append('python%s' % gcv('VERSION'))
 
-    if localenv['use_sundials'] == 'y':
-        pylinklibs.extend(['sundials_cvodes', 'sundials_nvecserial'])
+    pylinklibs.extend(localenv['sundials_libs'])
 
     pymodule = localenv.SharedLibrary('#interfaces/python/Cantera/_cantera',
                                       ['pycantera.cpp'],