diff --git a/m4/dune_common.m4 b/m4/dune_common.m4
index ab5abaa7eda07d7d36d283ab458b911af7887c14..82b7ff542425456966d0464cad49cbb695c5f21f 100644
--- a/m4/dune_common.m4
+++ b/m4/dune_common.m4
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([DUNE_COMMON_CHECKS],
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_RANLIB])
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_LIBTOOL])
   AC_REQUIRE([AC_PROG_AWK])
+  AC_REQUIRE([ACX_LAPACK])
+  AC_REQUIRE([AC_FC_WRAPPERS])
   # defined $(mkdir_p), which is required during install
   AC_REQUIRE([AM_PROG_MKDIR_P])