diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake
index 11f4c2b9..8336ae47 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmFind.cmake
@@ -51,6 +51,14 @@ foreach (name IN LISTS _opm_proj_vars)
   endif (NOT DEFINED ${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME}_${name})
 endforeach (name)
 
+# these dependencies must always be handled by the find module
+set (_opm_proj_exemptions
+  dune-common
+  dune-istl
+  dune-grid
+  dune-geometry
+  )
+
 # insert this boilerplate whenever we are going to find a new package
 macro (find_and_append_package_to prefix name)
   # if we have specified a directory, don't revert to searching the
@@ -71,6 +79,28 @@ macro (find_and_append_package_to prefix name)
 	  set (${name}_DIR "${${NAME}_ROOT}")
 	endif (EXISTS ${${NAME}_ROOT}/${name}-config.cmake OR EXISTS ${${NAME}_ROOT}/${name}Config.cmake)
   endif (NOT DEFINED ${name}_DIR AND (DEFINED ${name}_ROOT OR DEFINED ${NAME}_ROOT))
+
+  # these libraries need special handling which is not provided in
+  # the -config.cmake file, but which must be provided by this project,
+  # something which is done in our find module
+  list (FIND _opm_proj_exemptions "${name}" _${name}_exempted)
+  if ((NOT (_${name}_exempted EQUAL -1)) AND (DEFINED ${name}_DIR))
+	# most often we are given the name to the build directory and this
+	# is a sub-directory of the source tree
+	if (${name}_DIR MATCHES "build")
+	  get_filename_component (${name}_ROOT "${${name}_DIR}" PATH)
+	else (${name}_DIR MATCHES "build")
+	  set (${name}_ROOT "${${name}_DIR}")
+	endif (${name}_DIR MATCHES "build")
+	# store this for later, in case we reconfigure
+	set (${name}_ROOT "${${name}_ROOT}" CACHE LOCATION "Path to ${name}")
+	# clear this to not use config mode
+	unset (${name}_DIR)
+	# variables that are given on the command-line is also put in the cache
+	# removing the local copy only "unshadows" this one
+	unset (${name}_DIR CACHE)
+  endif ((NOT (_${name}_exempted EQUAL -1)) AND (DEFINED ${name}_DIR))
+
   # using config mode is better than using module (aka. find) mode
   # because then the package has already done all its probes and
   # stored them in the config file for us
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/OpmPackage.cmake b/cmake/Modules/OpmPackage.cmake
index efeec037..b35fa920 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/OpmPackage.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/OpmPackage.cmake
@@ -85,14 +85,16 @@ macro (find_opm_package module deps header lib defs prog conf)
 	string (TOLOWER "${module}" _module_lower)
 	set (_guess
 	  "../${module}"
-	  "../${module}-build"
 	  "../${_module_lower}"
+	  )
+	set (_guess_bin_only
+	  "../${module}-build"
 	  "../${_module_lower}-build"
 	  "../../${module}/build-cmake"
 	  "../../${_module_lower}/build-cmake"
 	  )
 	set (_guess_bin)
-	foreach (_item IN ITEMS ${_guess})
+	foreach (_item IN ITEMS ${_guess} ${_guess_bin_only})
 	  list (APPEND _guess_bin "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${_item}")
 	endforeach (_item)
   endif (NOT (${module}_DIR OR ${module}_ROOT OR ${MODULE}_ROOT))
@@ -116,7 +118,7 @@ macro (find_opm_package module deps header lib defs prog conf)
 	  NAMES "${lib}"
 	  PATHS ${_guess_bin}
 	  HINTS ${${module}_DIR} ${${module}_ROOT} ${${MODULE}_ROOT} ${PkgConf_${module}_LIBRARY_DIRS}
-	  PATH_SUFFIXES "lib" "lib/.libs" ".libs" "lib${_BITS}" "lib/${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}"
+	  PATH_SUFFIXES "lib" "lib/.libs" ".libs" "lib${_BITS}" "lib/${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE}" "build-cmake/lib"
 	  )
   else (NOT "${lib}" STREQUAL "")
 	set (${module}_LIBRARY "")
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 45ecda87..de1a3091 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -271,6 +271,10 @@ for OPT in "$@"; do
               # special flag; don't set shared/static
               shared=""
               ;;
+            pch)
+              pch_use=" -DPRECOMPILE_HEADERS:BOOL=ON"
+              shared=""
+              ;;
             # this flag is just for compatibility with the deprecation
             # flag in DUNE, so we can build without warnings
             fieldvector-size-is-method)