diff --git a/config.h.cmake b/config.h.cmake
index b44ba5bdaab2f990a309d888910072aa837470e7..6e28749351c900e7d7bafb4f6ceef2551bfe1293 100644
--- a/config.h.cmake
+++ b/config.h.cmake
@@ -119,6 +119,11 @@
 /* Define to if the UMFPack library is available */
 #cmakedefine HAVE_UMFPACK ENABLE_UMFPACK
 
+/* Define to ENABLE_PARMETIS if you have the Parmetis library.
+   This is only true if MPI was found
+   by configure _and_ if the application uses the PARMETIS_CPPFLAGS */
+#cmakedefine HAVE_PARMETIS ENABLE_PARMETIS
+
 /* Include always useful headers */
 #include "FC.h"
 #define FC_FUNC FC_GLOBAL_