diff --git a/cmake/Modules/opm-material-prereqs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/opm-material-prereqs.cmake
index 9a6ae4f7..8355d644 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/opm-material-prereqs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/opm-material-prereqs.cmake
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ set (opm-material_DEPS
 	"C99"
 	# compile with C++0x/11 support if available
 	"CXX11Features REQUIRED"
+	# prerequisite OPM modules
+	"opm-core REQUIRED"
 	# DUNE dependency
 	"dune-common REQUIRED"
 	"dune-istl REQUIRED"