diff --git a/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib b/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib
index e28682e39e2c770b0737587b2640087f9b127faa..2571e67dd9b86931322aaf046753a8e1949cf29e 100644
--- a/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib
+++ b/lib/dunecommonam2cmake.lib
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ dune_common_options_am2cmake()
     echo $PARAMS | grep \\-\\-enable-parallel > /dev/null
     if test "$?" -ne 0 ; then
 	CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_MPI=TRUE"
+    else
+        CMAKE_PARAMS="$CMAKE_PARAMS -DUSE_MPI=ON"
     fi
     # Check for --disable-gxx0xcheck
     echo $PARAMS | grep \\-\\-disable-gxx0xcheck > /dev/null