diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscHelper.cc b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscHelper.cc
index 16e7baf161ac2f342b4a6304e090fd7cc72ce687..1dd591fc3a1c547efdc88b7e8de18b522c6d625e 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscHelper.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscHelper.cc
@@ -327,7 +327,6 @@ namespace AMDiS
 			rtol, atol, maxIt);
       }
 
-
       void createSolver(MPI::Intracomm comm, KSP &ksp, Mat m, std::string kspPrefix, int info)
       {
 	KSPCreate(comm, &ksp);
@@ -341,9 +340,9 @@ namespace AMDiS
 	KSPSetOptionsPrefix(ksp, kspPrefix.c_str());
 
 	if (info >= 10)
-	  KSPMonitorSet(ksp, KSPMonitorDefault, PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
+	  KSPMonitorSet(ksp, PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(KSPMonitorDefault), PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
 	else if (info >= 20)
-	  KSPMonitorSet(ksp, KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm, PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
+	  KSPMonitorSet(ksp, PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm), PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
       }
 
     } // end namespace petsc_helper
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscHelper.h b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscHelper.h
index 0161855821b6f1ca3cc54719f16fe1d33b613290..41da017d58509e844ddfa2bccdf8df34ed43ca60 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscHelper.h
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscHelper.h
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
 #include <petsc.h>
 #include "AMDiS_fwd.h"
 
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MINOR >= 7)
+  #define PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(...) \
+    (PetscErrorCode (*)(KSP,PetscInt,PetscReal,void*))(__VA_ARGS__)
+#else
+  #define PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(...) __VA_ARGS__
+#endif
+
 namespace AMDiS
 {
   namespace Parallel
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolver.cc b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolver.cc
index bf85a99ef38f86b03d4b8495e6dd57477a0a502e..0393acba8820d5df4463df41527c9ecaf2a4511e 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolver.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolver.cc
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace AMDiS { namespace Parallel {
       Parameters::get(name + "->ksp", kspStr);
 
     if (kspStr != "")
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(kspStr.c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(kspStr.c_str());
 
     Parameters::get(name + "->remove rhs null space", removeRhsNullspace);
     Parameters::get(name + "->has constant null space", hasConstantNullspace);
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolver.h b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolver.h
index 774acf5b9f2cdacee4781361b34070302d57df87..2ad445f7f21f4eb01502c042ffe505da90963c7c 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolver.h
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolver.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 
 #include "AMDiS_fwd.h"
 #include "parallel/ParallelCoarseSpaceSolver.h"
+#include "solver/PetscTypes.h"
 
 namespace AMDiS
 {
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverCahnHilliard.cc b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverCahnHilliard.cc
index d98d161d39ddf49dab9874d38ba328e893bfdf52..ec8e1edf67444543bfde33ec33ac1bba4fe6cd50 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverCahnHilliard.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverCahnHilliard.cc
@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@ namespace AMDiS { namespace Parallel {
     KSPSetOperators(ksp, getMatInterior(), getMatInterior(), SAME_NONZERO_PATTERN);
 #endif
     if (getInfo() >= 10)
-      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, KSPMonitorDefault, PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
+      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(KSPMonitorDefault), PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
     else if (getInfo() >= 20)
-      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm, PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
+      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm), PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
     petsc_helper::setSolver(ksp, "ch_", KSPFGMRES, PCNONE, getRelative(), getTolerance(), getMaxIterations());
     KSPSetFromOptions(ksp);
 
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverCahnHilliard2.cc b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverCahnHilliard2.cc
index 237a98ab0a8b4a532ca0f5bd8169c9052fbf393c..29b67b812202d7caa09017731832f9cbcc6bc46b 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverCahnHilliard2.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverCahnHilliard2.cc
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ namespace AMDiS { namespace Parallel {
     KSPSetOperators(ksp, getMatInterior(), getMatInterior(), SAME_NONZERO_PATTERN);
 #endif
     if (getInfo() >= 10)
-      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, KSPMonitorDefault, PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
+      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(KSPMonitorDefault), PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
     else if (getInfo() >= 20)
-      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm, PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
+      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm), PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
     petsc_helper::setSolver(ksp, "ch_", KSPFGMRES, PCNONE, getRelative(), getTolerance(), getMaxIterations());
 
     if (useOldInitialGuess)
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverFeti.cc b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverFeti.cc
index 626441b1b63446ebee1a5e6018add133ec2a1144..e1b47761edbf842c58a4d763948240eb3e11f71f 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverFeti.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverFeti.cc
@@ -1382,9 +1382,9 @@ namespace AMDiS { namespace Parallel {
     Parameters::get(name + "->feti->monitor", monitor);
     if (monitor) {
       if (stokesMode)
-	KSPMonitorSet(ksp_feti, KSPMonitorFetiStokes, &fetiKspData, PETSC_NULL);
+	KSPMonitorSet(ksp_feti, PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(KSPMonitorFetiStokes), &fetiKspData, PETSC_NULL);
       else
-	KSPMonitorSet(ksp_feti, KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm, PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
+	KSPMonitorSet(ksp_feti, PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm), PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
     }
 
 
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverGlobalMatrix.cc b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverGlobalMatrix.cc
index a8e5982e1ffdda95f31ebaf76fa9e52cc5580a1e..aa8e5a3fba2f12455472f4230563e09d7d7140bb 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverGlobalMatrix.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverGlobalMatrix.cc
@@ -50,15 +50,15 @@ namespace AMDiS { namespace Parallel {
 
       if (params.matSolverPackage.find(kspSolver) != params.matSolverPackage.end()) {
 	// direct solvers
-	PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_type preonly").c_str());
-	PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "pc_type lu").c_str());
-	PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "pc_factor_mat_solver_package " + kspSolver).c_str());
+	petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_type preonly").c_str());
+	petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "pc_type lu").c_str());
+	petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "pc_factor_mat_solver_package " + kspSolver).c_str());
 	setMaxIterations(1);
 	zeroStartVector = true;
 	matSolverPackage = true;
       } else if (params.emptyParam.find(kspSolver) == params.emptyParam.end() && solverName != "petsc") {
 	// other solvers
-	PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_type " + kspSolver).c_str());
+	petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_type " + kspSolver).c_str());
       }
 
       // set the preconditioner
@@ -70,17 +70,17 @@ namespace AMDiS { namespace Parallel {
 	Parameters::get(name + "->right precon", precon);
       if (!matSolverPackage && params.emptyParam.find(precon) == params.emptyParam.end()) {
 	precon = (params.preconMap.find(precon) != params.preconMap.end() ? params.preconMap[precon] : precon);
-	PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "pc_type " + precon).c_str());
+	petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "pc_type " + precon).c_str());
       }
 
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_max_it " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getMaxIterations())).c_str());
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_rtol " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getRelative())).c_str());
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_atol " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getTolerance())).c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_max_it " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getMaxIterations())).c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_rtol " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getRelative())).c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_atol " + boost::lexical_cast<std::string>(getTolerance())).c_str());
 
       if (getInfo() >= 20)
-	PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_monitor_true_residual").c_str());
+	petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_monitor_true_residual").c_str());
       else if (getInfo() >= 10)
-	PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_monitor").c_str());
+	petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_monitor").c_str());
     }
     if (!matSolverPackage) {
       Parameters::get(name + "->use zero start vector", zeroStartVector);
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverNSCH.cc b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverNSCH.cc
index a708f57ff29542ce0a9bbea4510b7dcb7b902538..0a065a65ea3eb9383009fd8f9e22c0199ceb182b 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverNSCH.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverNSCH.cc
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ namespace AMDiS { namespace Parallel {
 #else
     KSPSetOperators(ksp, getMatInterior(), getMatInterior(), SAME_NONZERO_PATTERN);
 #endif
-    KSPMonitorSet(ksp, KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm, PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
+    KSPMonitorSet(ksp, PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm), PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
     petsc_helper::setSolver(ksp, "ch_", KSPFGMRES, PCSHELL, getRelative(), getTolerance(), getMaxIterations());
     setConstantNullSpace(ksp, componentSpaces[0]->getMesh()->getDim() , true);
   }
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverNavierStokes.cc b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverNavierStokes.cc
index b83dd84da9a38eb46b2cd4dd1e97d8a5143434d9..4098b347afec7dfe3dc1cd8b0b89adc2e13f825e 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverNavierStokes.cc
+++ b/AMDiS/src/parallel/PetscSolverNavierStokes.cc
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ namespace AMDiS { namespace Parallel {
     KSPSetOperators(ksp, getMatInterior(), getMatInterior(), SAME_NONZERO_PATTERN);
 #endif
     if (getInfo() >= 10)
-      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, KSPMonitorDefault, PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
+      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(KSPMonitorDefault), PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
     else if (getInfo() >= 20)
-      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm, PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
+      KSPMonitorSet(ksp, PETSC_MONITOR_CAST(KSPMonitorTrueResidualNorm), PETSC_NULL, PETSC_NULL);
     petsc_helper::setSolver(ksp, "ns_", KSPFGMRES, PCNONE, getRelative(), getTolerance(), getMaxIterations());
 
     // Create null space information.
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscSolver.h b/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscSolver.h
index eca54fcb69d5ae131545453eb4b3482352a36a9a..2df75926b28902dc34e4f8461707a45aa0c6af35 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscSolver.h
+++ b/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscSolver.h
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ namespace AMDiS {
 
     virtual void init(PC pc, const SolverMatrix<Matrix<DOFMatrix*> >& A, const MatrixType& fullMatrix)
     {
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + prefix + "pc_type " + name).c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + prefix + "pc_type " + name).c_str());
       PCSetFromOptions(pc);
     }
 
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscSolver.hh b/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscSolver.hh
index a251441143a87228df78af495932f83f983dc6b6..51a057c91803c3a3b65f484e6ca679f1424c70a9 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscSolver.hh
+++ b/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscSolver.hh
@@ -47,30 +47,30 @@ namespace AMDiS {
 
     if (params.matSolverPackage[kspSolver]) {
       // direct solvers
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_type preonly").c_str());
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "pc_type lu").c_str());
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "pc_factor_mat_solver_package " + (kspSolver != "direct" ? kspSolver : "umfpack")).c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_type preonly").c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "pc_type lu").c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "pc_factor_mat_solver_package " + (kspSolver != "direct" ? kspSolver : "umfpack")).c_str());
       oem.setMaxIterations(1);
       zeroStartVector = true;
       matSolverPackage = true;
     } else if (!params.emptyParam[kspSolver]) {
       // other solvers
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_type " + kspSolver).c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_type " + kspSolver).c_str());
     }
 
     // set the preconditioner
     setPrecon();
 
     if (oem.getInfo() >= 20)
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_monitor_true_residual").c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_monitor_true_residual").c_str());
     else if (oem.getInfo() >= 10)
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_monitor").c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(("-" + kspPrefix + "ksp_monitor").c_str());
 
     // command line string
     std::string kspString = "";
     Parameters::get(oem.getName() + "->ksp", kspString);
     if (kspString != "")
-      PetscOptionsInsertString(kspString.c_str());
+      petsc_options_insert_string(kspString.c_str());
   }
 
 
diff --git a/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscTypes.h b/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscTypes.h
index eb976e650bf2669a55d6c18d0433f77218d21bbd..805a6cbde7643fd6755acd959a9a814f8184c5da 100644
--- a/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscTypes.h
+++ b/AMDiS/src/solver/PetscTypes.h
@@ -143,6 +143,17 @@ namespace AMDiS {
   template< typename Mapper >
   void operator>>(const PetscVectorNested& dest, VecMap<SystemVector, Mapper>& rhs);
 
+
+  inline PetscErrorCode petsc_options_insert_string(const char in_str[])
+  {
+#if (PETSC_VERSION_MINOR >= 7)
+    return PetscOptionsInsertString(NULL, in_str);
+#else
+    return PetscOptionsInsertString(in_str);
+#endif
+  }
+
+
 } // end namespace AMDiS
 
 #include "solver/PetscTypes.hh"