diff --git a/m4/dune_istl.m4 b/m4/dune_istl.m4
index 10b61d944fd6225e74eea28fa9502b1228d99ff7..ac8c2d0478b9c1f0ef88242caa09a50cb31dbcda 100644
--- a/m4/dune_istl.m4
+++ b/m4/dune_istl.m4
@@ -20,5 +20,5 @@ AC_DEFUN([DUNE_ISTL_CHECKS],
 
 AC_DEFUN([DUNE_ISTL_CHECK_MODULE],
 [
-    DUNE_CHECK_MODULES([dune-istl], [istl/istlexception.hh])
+    DUNE_CHECK_MODULES([dune-istl], [istl/solvercategory.hh])
 ])