diff --git a/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib b/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib
index 60549abd9d9205cae340baa6752d11e81e94bcb7..b88c4ff7983a6e1a3200ef20a8a84508daaafffb 100644
--- a/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib
+++ b/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ dune_common_options_am2cmake()
     echo $PARAMS | grep \\-\\-disable-parallel > /dev/null
     if test "$?" -eq 0 ; then
         CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_MPI=TRUE"
+    else
+        CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_MPI=FALSE"
     fi
 
     # Check for --disable-cxx11check