diff --git a/cmake/Modules/opm-core-prereqs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/opm-core-prereqs.cmake
index 8b3d45de..f1c7a5dd 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/opm-core-prereqs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/opm-core-prereqs.cmake
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 # defines that must be present in config.h for our headers
 set (opm-core_CONFIG_VAR
+  DUNE_ISTL_VERSION_MAJOR
+  DUNE_ISTL_VERSION_MINOR
+  DUNE_ISTL_VERSION_REVISION
 	HAVE_ERT
 	HAVE_SUITESPARSE_UMFPACK_H
 	)
diff --git a/opm/core/linalg/LinearSolverIstl.cpp b/opm/core/linalg/LinearSolverIstl.cpp
index 77aaf4ca..f9e2bb7b 100644
--- a/opm/core/linalg/LinearSolverIstl.cpp
+++ b/opm/core/linalg/LinearSolverIstl.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 
 // TODO: clean up includes.
 #include <dune/common/deprecated.hh>
+#include <dune/common/version.hh>
 #include <dune/istl/bvector.hh>
 #include <dune/istl/bcrsmatrix.hh>
 #include <dune/istl/operators.hh>
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Opm
         solveCG_AMG(const Mat& A, Vector& x, Vector& b, double tolerance, int maxit, int verbosity,
                     double prolongateFactor, int smoothsteps);
 
-#ifdef HAS_DUNE_FAST_AMG
+#if defined(HAS_DUNE_FAST_AMG) || DUNE_VERSION_NEWER(DUNE_ISTL, 2, 3)
         LinearSolverInterface::LinearSolverReport
         solveKAMG(const Mat& A, Vector& x, Vector& b, double tolerance, int maxit, int verbosity,
                   double prolongateFactor, int smoothsteps);