diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Finddune-istl.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Finddune-istl.cmake
index 8d9816f6b..6f548a4a5 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Finddune-istl.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Finddune-istl.cmake
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ find_opm_package (
   "dune-common REQUIRED;
   ParMETIS;
   SuperLU;
-  SuiteSparse COMPONENTS umfpack
+  SuiteSparse COMPONENTS umfpack REQUIRED
   "
   # header to search for
   "dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh"
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
index f5ac8f9be..77c0202a3 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmInit.cmake
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ 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)
+option (USE_MPI "Use Message Passing Interface for parallel computing" ON)
 if (NOT USE_MPI)
   set (CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_MPI TRUE)
 endif ()
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
 
 # 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)
+option (USE_QUADMATH "Use high precision floating point library (slow)" ON)
 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 c87050c32..325acedbf 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmLibMain.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmLibMain.cmake
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ include (UseThreads)
 find_threads (${project})
 
 # SuperLU is optional
-option (USE_SUPERLU "Use SuperLU direct solvers" OFF)
+option (USE_SUPERLU "Use SuperLU direct solvers for AMG (if umfpack is not found)" ON)
 
 # PETSc is optional
 option (USE_PETSC "Use PETSc iterative solvers" OFF)