diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindCXX11Features.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindCXX11Features.cmake
index 14df8fb6..ae89ed6b 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindCXX11Features.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindCXX11Features.cmake
@@ -389,4 +389,6 @@ if(CXX_FEATURES_MISSING)
       "Your compiler does not seem to implement the following features:\n"
       "${CXX_FEATURES_MISSING}")
   endif()
+else ()
+  set (CXX11FEATURES_FOUND TRUE)
 endif()
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindCxaDemangle.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindCxaDemangle.cmake
index 9f480fa9..cf2d4828 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindCxaDemangle.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindCxaDemangle.cmake
@@ -15,3 +15,9 @@ int main(void){
     int status;
     char *demangled = abi::__cxa_demangle( foo, 0, 0, &status );
 }" HAVE_CXA_DEMANGLE)
+
+include (FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+# prevent useless message from being displayed
+set (FIND_PACKAGE_MESSAGE_DETAILS_CxaDemangle "[1][v()]"
+  CACHE INTERNAL "Details about finding CxaDemangle")
+find_package_handle_standard_args (CxaDemangle DEFAULT_MSG HAVE_CXA_DEMANGLE)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Finddune-istl.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Finddune-istl.cmake
index cc6a064c..8c50d3d5 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Finddune-istl.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Finddune-istl.cmake
@@ -10,20 +10,13 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012 Uni Research AS
 # This code is licensed under The GNU General Public License v3.0
 
-# dune-common is only required if dune-istl is; the "required-ness" is
-# not transitive as far as CMake is concerned (i.e. if an optional package
-# requests a package to be required, the build will fail if it's not found)
-if (dune-istl_FIND_REQUIRED)
-  set (_require_dune_common "REQUIRED")
-endif (dune-istl_FIND_REQUIRED)
-
 include (OpmPackage)
 find_opm_package (
   # module name
   "dune-istl"
 
   # required dependencies
-  "dune-common ${_require_dune_common};
+  "dune-common REQUIRED;
   SuperLU
   "
   # header to search for
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Finddune-localfunctions.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Finddune-localfunctions.cmake
index 8a7fbd0e..38bcf805 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Finddune-localfunctions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Finddune-localfunctions.cmake
@@ -10,20 +10,13 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2012 Uni Research AS
 # This code is licensed under The GNU General Public License v3.0
 
-# dune-common is only required if dune-localfunctions is; the "required-ness" is
-# not transitive as far as CMake is concerned (i.e. if an optional package
-# requests a package to be required, the build will fail if it's not found)
-if (dune-localfunctions_FIND_REQUIRED)
-  set (_require_dune_common "REQUIRED")
-endif (dune-localfunctions_FIND_REQUIRED)
-
 include (OpmPackage)
 find_opm_package (
   # module name
   "dune-localfunctions"
 
   # required dependencies
-  "dune-common ${_require_dune_common}"
+  "dune-common REQUIRED"
   # header to search for
   "dune/localfunctions/common/localbasis.hh"
 
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake
index f77c6d31..a54e86d5 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake
@@ -132,13 +132,15 @@ macro (find_and_append_package_to prefix name)
   # using config mode is better than using module (aka. find) mode
   # because then the package has already done all its probes and
   # stored them in the config file for us
-  if (${name}_DIR)
-	message (STATUS "Finding package ${name} using config mode")
-	find_package (${name} ${ARGN} NO_MODULE PATHS ${${name}_DIR} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
-  else (${name}_DIR)
-	message (STATUS "Finding package ${name} using module mode")
-	find_package (${name} ${ARGN})
-  endif (${name}_DIR)
+  if (NOT ${NAME}_FOUND)
+	if (${name}_DIR)
+	  message (STATUS "Finding package ${name} using config mode")
+	  find_package (${name} ${ARGN} NO_MODULE PATHS ${${name}_DIR} NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+	else (${name}_DIR)
+	  message (STATUS "Finding package ${name} using module mode")
+	  find_package (${name} ${ARGN})
+	endif (${name}_DIR)
+  endif (NOT ${NAME}_FOUND)
 
   # the variable "NAME" may be replaced during find_package (as this is
   # now a macro, and not a function anymore), so we must reinitialize
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmPackage.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmPackage.cmake
index 90f94b52..28c96176 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmPackage.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmPackage.cmake
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #   ${module}_LIBRARIES       Directory of shared object files
 #   ${module}_DEFINITIONS     Defines that must be set to compile
 #   ${module}_CONFIG_VARS     List of defines that should be in config.h
-#	${module}_QUIET           Verbosity of last find of this module
 #   HAVE_${MODULE}            Binary value to use in config.h
 #
 # Note: Arguments should be quoted, otherwise a list will spill into the
@@ -52,17 +51,27 @@ macro (append_found src dst)
 endmacro (append_found src dst)
 
 macro (find_opm_package module deps header lib defs prog conf)
-  # variables to pass on to other packages
-  if (FIND_QUIETLY)
-	set (${module}_QUIET "QUIET")
-  else (FIND_QUIETLY)
-	set (${module}_QUIET "")
-  endif (FIND_QUIETLY)
+  # in addition to accepting mod-ule_ROOT, we also accept the somewhat
+  # more idiomatic MOD_ULE_ROOT variant
+  string (TOUPPER "${module}" MODULE_UPPER)
+  string (REPLACE "-" "_" MODULE "${MODULE_UPPER}")
 
   # if someone else has included this test, don't do it again
-  if (${${module}_FOUND})
+  if (${${MODULE}_FOUND})
 	return ()
-  endif (${${module}_FOUND})
+  endif (${${MODULE}_FOUND})
+
+  # variables to pass on to other packages
+  if (${module}_FIND_QUIETLY)
+	set (_${module}_quiet "QUIET")
+  else (${module}_FIND_QUIETLY)
+	set (_${module}_quiet "")
+  endif (${module}_FIND_QUIETLY)
+  if (${module}_FIND_REQUIRED)
+	set (_${module}_required "REQUIRED")
+  else (${module}_FIND_REQUIRED)
+	set (_${module}_required "")
+  endif (${module}_FIND_REQUIRED)
 
   # see if there is a pkg-config entry for this package, and use those
   # settings as a starting point
@@ -73,11 +82,6 @@ macro (find_opm_package module deps header lib defs prog conf)
   set (${module}_DEFINITIONS ${PkgConf_${module}_CFLAGS_OTHER})
   set (${module}_LINKER_FLAG ${PkgConf_${module}_LDFLAGS_OTHER})
 
-  # in addition to accepting mod-ule_ROOT, we also accept the somewhat
-  # more idiomatic MOD_ULE_ROOT variant
-  string (TOUPPER ${module} MODULE_UPPER)
-  string (REPLACE "-" "_" MODULE ${MODULE_UPPER})
-
   # if the user hasn't specified any location, and it isn't found
   # in standard system locations either, then start to wander
   # about and look for it in proximity to ourself. Qt Creator likes
@@ -196,24 +200,37 @@ macro (find_opm_package module deps header lib defs prog conf)
   # list of necessities to build with the software
   set (${module}_INCLUDE_DIRS "${${module}_INCLUDE_DIR}")
   set (${module}_LIBRARIES "${${module}_LIBRARY}")
-  set (_deps)
+  # period because it should be something that evaluates to true
+  # in find_package_handle_standard_args
+  set (${module}_ALL_PREREQS ".")
   foreach (_dep IN ITEMS ${deps})
-	separate_arguments (_args UNIX_COMMAND ${_dep})
-	if (_args)
-	  find_and_append_package_to (${module} ${_args} ${${module}_QUIET})
-	  list (GET _args 0 _name_only)
-	  list (APPEND _deps ${_name_only})
-	else (_args)
+	separate_arguments (_${module}_args UNIX_COMMAND ${_dep})
+	if (_${module}_args)
+	  # keep REQUIRED in the arguments only if we were required ourself
+	  # "required-ness" is not transitive as far as CMake is concerned
+	  # (i.e. if an optional package requests a package to be required,
+	  # the build will fail if it's not found)
+	  string (REPLACE "REQUIRED" "${_${module}_required}" _args_req "${_${module}_args}")
+	  find_and_append_package_to (${module} ${_args_req} ${_${module}_quiet})
+	  list (GET _${module}_args 0 _name_only)
+	  string (TOUPPER "${_name_only}" _NAME_ONLY)
+	  string (REPLACE "-" "_" _NAME_ONLY "${_NAME_ONLY}")
+	  # check manually if it was found if REQUIRED; otherwise poison the
+	  # dependency list which is checked later (so that it will fail)
+	  if (("${_${module}_args}" MATCHES "REQUIRED") AND NOT ${_NAME_ONLY}_FOUND)
+		list (APPEND ${module}_ALL_PREREQS "${_name_only}-NOTFOUND")
+	  endif ()
+	else ()
 	  message (WARNING "Empty dependency in find module for ${module} (check for trailing semi-colon)")
-	endif (_args)
+	endif ()
   endforeach (_dep)
 
   # since find_and_append_package_to is a macro, this variable have
   # probably been overwritten (due to its common name); it is now
   # this module's last dependency instead of the name of the module
   # itself, so it must be restored
-  string (TOUPPER ${module} MODULE_UPPER)
-  string (REPLACE "-" "_" MODULE ${MODULE_UPPER})
+  string (TOUPPER "${module}" MODULE_UPPER)
+  string (REPLACE "-" "_" MODULE "${MODULE_UPPER}")
 
   # compile with this option to avoid avalanche of warnings
   set (${module}_DEFINITIONS "${${module}_DEFINITIONS}")
@@ -263,7 +280,7 @@ macro (find_opm_package module deps header lib defs prog conf)
   # if the search is going to fail, then write these variables to
   # the console as well as a diagnostics
   if ((NOT (${module}_INCLUDE_DIR ${_and_lib_var} AND HAVE_${MODULE}))
-	  AND (${module}_FIND_REQUIRED OR NOT ${module}_FIND_QUIETLY))
+	  AND (_${module}_required OR NOT _${module}_quiet))
 	if (DEFINED ${module}_DIR)
 	  message ("${module}_DIR = ${${module}_DIR}")
 	elseif (DEFINED ${module}_ROOT)
@@ -272,11 +289,11 @@ macro (find_opm_package module deps header lib defs prog conf)
 	  message ("${MODULE}_ROOT = ${${MODULE}_ROOT}")
 	endif (DEFINED ${module}_DIR)
   endif ((NOT (${module}_INCLUDE_DIR ${_and_lib_var} AND HAVE_${MODULE}))
-	AND (${module}_FIND_REQUIRED OR NOT ${module}_FIND_QUIETLY))
+	AND (_${module}_required OR NOT _${module}_quiet))
   find_package_handle_standard_args (
 	${module}
 	DEFAULT_MSG
-	${module}_INCLUDE_DIR ${_lib_var} HAVE_${MODULE}
+	${module}_INCLUDE_DIR ${_lib_var} HAVE_${MODULE} ${module}_ALL_PREREQS
 	)
 
   # allow the user to override these from user interface
@@ -286,6 +303,7 @@ macro (find_opm_package module deps header lib defs prog conf)
   # some genius that coded the FindPackageHandleStandardArgs figured out
   # that the module name should be in uppercase (?!)
   set (${module}_FOUND "${${MODULE_UPPER}_FOUND}")
+  set (${MODULE}_FOUND "${${MODULE_UPPER}_FOUND}")
 
   # print everything out if we're asked to
   if (${module}_DEBUG)
@@ -301,7 +319,6 @@ function (debug_find_vars module)
   message (STATUS "${module}_DEFINITIONS  = ${${module}_DEFINITIONS}")
   message (STATUS "${module}_CONFIG_VARS  = ${${module}_CONFIG_VARS}")
   message (STATUS "${module}_LINKER_FLAGS = ${${module}_LINKER_FLAGS}")
-  message (STATUS "${module}_QUIET        = ${${module}_QUIET}")
   string (TOUPPER ${module} MODULE)
   string (REPLACE "-" "_" MODULE ${MODULE})  
   message (STATUS "HAVE_${MODULE}         = ${HAVE_${MODULE}}")
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/opm-material-prereqs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/opm-material-prereqs.cmake
index bb0ca9bc..9a6ae4f7 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/opm-material-prereqs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/opm-material-prereqs.cmake
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ set (opm-material_DEPS
 	# compile with C++0x/11 support if available
 	"CXX11Features REQUIRED"
 	# DUNE dependency
-	"dune-common"
-	"dune-istl"
+	"dune-common REQUIRED"
+	"dune-istl REQUIRED"
 	)