diff --git a/AMDiS/AMDISUse.cmake b/AMDiS/AMDISUse.cmake
index fd46490db00595f2c15fdfd5ee6568097c4facc5..5023e47ab18c0a616c3cd228d2c11606cd4f3f90 100644
--- a/AMDiS/AMDISUse.cmake
+++ b/AMDiS/AMDISUse.cmake
@@ -23,8 +23,14 @@ if(AMDIS_HAS_PARALLEL_DOMAIN)
 		if(PARMETIS_LIB)
 			list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBRARIES ${PARMETIS_LIB})
 		else(PARMETIS_LIB)
-			message(ERROR "could not find the parmetis libraries needed by amdis")
+			message(FATAL_ERROR "could not find the parmetis libraries needed by amdis")
 		endif(PARMETIS_LIB)
+		find_library(METIS_LIB metis)
+		if(METIS_LIB)
+			list(APPEND AMDIS_LIBRARIES ${METIS_LIB})
+		else(METIS_LIB)
+			message(FATAL_ERROR "could not find the metis libraries needed by amdis")
+		endif(METIS_LIB)
 	endif()
 endif(AMDIS_HAS_PARALLEL_DOMAIN)