diff --git a/bin/dunecontrol b/bin/dunecontrol
index 155ea6b0974915b2fa300df3f8ace9c55b6fcb19..d95902a4bd78aea9940f84c53e737ad25d09e121 100755
--- a/bin/dunecontrol
+++ b/bin/dunecontrol
@@ -415,6 +415,11 @@ run_default_configure () {
                   CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS \"-D""$name""_DIR=$path\""
               fi
           fi
+	  #
+	  # Translate the configure PARMS to cmake
+	  export PARAMS
+	  export CMAKE_PARAMS
+	  module_translate_options_am2cmake $m $path/lib
       fi
     done
 
@@ -428,6 +433,10 @@ run_default_configure () {
       SRCDIR="$PWD"
       cd "$BUILDDIR"
       echo `pwd`
+      # Translate the configure PARMS to cmake
+      export PARAMS
+      export CMAKE_PARAMS
+      module_translate_options_am2cmake $m $path/lib
       echo "cmake -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=\"$CMAKE_MODULE_PATH\" $CMAKE_PARAMS $CMAKE_FLAGS $SRCDIR"
       eval cmake "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=\"$CMAKE_MODULE_PATH\" $CMAKE_PARAMS $CMAKE_FLAGS $SRCDIR"
     else
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index ca5b5f7ecd973bebcfe4f6c58011f34017f742f5..4c91e04d43cefc757a420daee6222c382a6bf584 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-install(FILES dunemodules.lib DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/../lib)
+install(FILES dunemodules.lib dunecommonam2cmake.lib
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}/../lib)
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
index 2f42b259de161806d24474d23754f194f2c7cd79..668814721f0fdd631b4f8eb8754d3aa058e49963 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.am
+++ b/lib/Makefile.am
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # $Id: $
 dunemodulelibdir=$(libdir)
 
-EXTRA_DIST = CMakeLists.txt dunemodules.lib
-dunemodulelib_DATA = dunemodules.lib
+EXTRA_DIST = CMakeLists.txt dunemodules.lib dunecommonam2cmake.lib
+dunemodulelib_DATA = dunemodules.lib dunecommonam2cmake.lib
 
 #the dune-common library
 lib_LTLIBRARIES = libdunecommon.la
diff --git a/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib b/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50d26141ae0768deffa9b2aeb897489e393e0c44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# -*-sh-*-
+
+##########################################
+###
+### Function for converting configure options
+### to CMake options for dune-common
+###
+##########################################
+
+# CMake Packages are case sensitive
+# This is a list of packages whose names converted
+# to lower case are used for configures
+# --with-<package> or without-<package> options
+#
+CMAKE_PACKAGES="Boost Inkscape GMP LAPACK"
+
+dune_common_options_am2cmake()
+{
+    default_am2cmake_options $CMAKE_PACKAGES
+
+}
diff --git a/lib/dunemodules.lib b/lib/dunemodules.lib
index 30412cd9c33cf45143f96c0c10987b432ef8b373..67b9aaa3270c3cb02adeb69adb89354a44f49b05 100644
--- a/lib/dunemodules.lib
+++ b/lib/dunemodules.lib
@@ -574,3 +574,58 @@ check_version() {
   fi
   return 1
 }
+
+#
+# Function that the translates options for configure
+# The arguments are the case sensitive cmake package names.
+# It is assumed that their lowercase version is used
+# for the autotools. This function either deactivates
+# a package using CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_<package>=TRUE
+# or passes th provided path using
+# the  <CMAKE_PACKAGE_ALL_UPPERCASE>_ROOT variable
+default_am2cmake_options(){
+    while test "$#" -gt 0; do
+        package=$1
+        lowercase=${1,,}
+        uppercase=${1^^}
+        shift
+        if eval test \$"$lowercase"_processed ; then
+            continue
+        fi
+        export "$lowercase"_processed=1
+        # check for --without-$lowercase
+        echo $PARAMS | grep \\-\\-without-$lowercase > /dev/null
+        if test "$?" -eq 0 ; then
+            CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_$package=TRUE"
+            continue
+        fi
+        # process --with-$lowercase=<arg>
+        arg=`echo $PARAMS| sed "s/.*--with-$lowercase=\(\S*\).*/\1/"`
+        if test "x$arg" = "xno"; then
+            CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_$package=TRUE"
+            continue
+        fi
+        if  test -d "$arg"; then
+            CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -D$uppercase""_ROOT=$arg"
+        fi
+    done
+    export CMAKE_PARAMS
+}
+
+module_translate_options_am2cmake()
+{
+    module=$1 # the module name
+    path=$2 # where the sh libs reside
+
+    # Check whether the module provides a lib named
+    # <module-without-dashes>autotools2cmake.lib
+    module_undashed=`echo $module | sed "s/[-_]//g"`
+    libfile="$path/$module_undashed""am2cmake.lib"
+    if test -e "$libfile"; then
+        . $libfile
+        module_underline=`echo $module | sed "s/-/_/g"`
+        eval "$module_underline"_options_am2cmake
+    else
+        echo "$libfile for converting options does not exist"
+    fi
+}