diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
index 832862be6..e0f8b93dc 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
@@ -74,3 +74,17 @@ if (USE_VERSIONED_DIR)
 else ()
   set (${project}_VER_DIR "")
 endif ()
+
+# parallel computing must be explicitly enabled
+# This needs to be in OpmInit as prereqs is called before OpmLibMain is included.
+option (USE_MPI "Use Message Passing Interface for parallel computing" OFF)
+if (NOT USE_MPI)
+  set (CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_MPI TRUE)
+endif ()
+
+# quadmath must be explicitly enabled
+# This needs to be in OpmInit as prereqs is called before OpmLibMain is included.
+option (USE_QUADMATH "Use high precision floating point library (slow)" OFF)
+if (NOT USE_QUADMATH)
+  set (CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_QuadMath TRUE)
+endif ()
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmLibMain.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmLibMain.cmake
index 443c95d77..0e0c5fb0c 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmLibMain.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmLibMain.cmake
@@ -90,12 +90,6 @@ include (UseOptimization)
 # dependencies, in case they alter the list of warnings
 include (UseWarnings)
 
-# parallel computing must be explicitly enabled
-option (USE_MPI "Use Message Passing Interface for parallel computing" OFF)
-if (NOT USE_MPI)
-	set (CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_MPI TRUE)
-endif (NOT USE_MPI)
-
 # parallel programming
 include (UseOpenMP)
 find_openmp (${project})