diff --git a/cmake/Modules/dune-cornerpoint-prereqs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/dune-cornerpoint-prereqs.cmake
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+# -*- mode: cmake; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: t; truncate-lines: t; compile-command: "cmake -Wdev" -*-
+# vim: set filetype=cmake autoindent tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 noexpandtab softtabstop=2 nowrap:
+
+# defines that must be present in config.h for our headers
+set (dune-cornerpoint_CONFIG_VAR
+	HAVE_DYNAMIC_BOOST_TEST
+	)
+
+# dependencies
+set (dune-cornerpoint_DEPS
+	# compile with C99 support if available
+	"C99"
+	# compile with C++0x/11 support if available
+	"CXX11Features"
+	# various runtime library enhancements
+	"Boost 1.39.0
+		COMPONENTS date_time filesystem system unit_test_framework REQUIRED"
+	# DUNE dependency
+	"dune-common REQUIRED;
+	dune-grid REQUIRED;
+	dune-geometry REQUIRED"
+	# OPM dependency
+	"opm-core REQUIRED"
+	)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/opm-autodiff-prereqs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/opm-autodiff-prereqs.cmake
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+# -*- mode: cmake; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: t; truncate-lines: t; compile-command: "cmake -Wdev" -*-
+# vim: set filetype=cmake autoindent tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 noexpandtab softtabstop=2 nowrap:
+
+# defines that must be present in config.h for our headers
+set (opm-autodiff_CONFIG_VAR
+	HAVE_DYNAMIC_BOOST_TEST
+	)
+
+# dependencies
+set (opm-autodiff_DEPS
+	# Compile with C99 support if available
+	"C99"
+	# Compile with C++0x/11 support if available
+	"CXX11Features"
+	# Various runtime library enhancements
+	"Boost 1.39.0
+		COMPONENTS system unit_test_framework REQUIRED"
+	# DUNE prerequisites
+	"dune-common REQUIRED;
+	dune-istl REQUIRED;
+	opm-core REQUIRED"
+	# Eigen
+	"Eigen3 REQUIRED"
+	)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/opm-core-prereqs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/opm-core-prereqs.cmake
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+++ b/cmake/Modules/opm-core-prereqs.cmake
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+# -*- mode: cmake; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: t; truncate-lines: t; compile-command: "cmake -Wdev" -*-
+# vim: set filetype=cmake autoindent tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 noexpandtab softtabstop=2 nowrap:
+
+# defines that must be present in config.h for our headers
+set (opm-core_CONFIG_VAR
+	HAVE_AGMG
+	HAVE_DUNE_ISTL
+	HAVE_DYNAMIC_BOOST_TEST
+	HAVE_ERT
+	HAVE_SUITESPARSE_UMFPACK_H
+	HAVE_NULLPTR
+	HAVE_STATIC_ASSERT
+	)
+
+# dependencies
+set (opm-core_DEPS
+	# compile with C99 support if available
+	"C99"
+	# compile with C++0x/11 support if available
+	"CXX11Features"
+	# various runtime library enhancements
+	"Boost 1.39.0
+		COMPONENTS date_time filesystem system unit_test_framework signals REQUIRED"
+	# matrix library
+	"BLAS REQUIRED"
+	"LAPACK REQUIRED"
+	# Tim Davis' SuiteSparse archive
+	"SuiteSparse COMPONENTS umfpack"
+	# solver
+	"SuperLU"
+	# xml processing (for config parsing)
+	"TinyXML"
+	# Ensembles-based Reservoir Tools (ERT)
+	"ERT"
+	# DUNE dependency
+	"dune-common"
+	"dune-istl"
+	)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/opm-polymer-prereqs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/opm-polymer-prereqs.cmake
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index 000000000..28f983695
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+++ b/cmake/Modules/opm-polymer-prereqs.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# -*- mode: cmake; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: t; truncate-lines: t; compile-command: "cmake -Wdev" -*-
+# vim: set filetype=cmake autoindent tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 noexpandtab softtabstop=2 nowrap:
+
+# defines that must be present in config.h for our headers
+set (opm-polymer_CONFIG_VAR
+	HAVE_DYNAMIC_BOOST_TEST
+	HAVE_ERT
+	)
+
+# dependencies
+set (opm-polymer_DEPS
+	# compile with C99 support if available
+	"C99"
+	# compile with C++0x/11 support if available
+	"CXX11Features"
+	# various runtime library enhancements
+	"Boost 1.39.0
+		COMPONENTS date_time filesystem system unit_test_framework REQUIRED"
+	# Ensembles-based Reservoir Tools
+	"ERT"
+	# OPM dependency
+	"opm-core"
+	)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/opm-porsol-prereqs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/opm-porsol-prereqs.cmake
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index 000000000..fa849dcef
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+++ b/cmake/Modules/opm-porsol-prereqs.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# -*- mode: cmake; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: t; truncate-lines: t; compile-command: "cmake -Wdev" -*-
+# vim: set filetype=cmake autoindent tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 noexpandtab softtabstop=2 nowrap:
+
+# defines that must be present in config.h for our headers
+set (opm-porsol_CONFIG_VAR
+	HAVE_DYNAMIC_BOOST_TEST
+	HAVE_VALGRIND
+	)
+
+# dependencies
+set (opm-porsol_DEPS
+	# compile with C99 support if available
+	"C99"
+	# compile with C++0x/11 support if available
+	"CXX11Features"
+	# various runtime library enhancements
+	"Boost 1.39.0
+		COMPONENTS date_time filesystem system unit_test_framework REQUIRED"
+	# DUNE dependency
+	"dune-common REQUIRED;
+	dune-istl REQUIRED;
+	dune-grid REQUIRED;
+	opm-core REQUIRED;
+	dune-cornerpoint REQUIRED"
+	)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/opm-upscaling-prereqs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/opm-upscaling-prereqs.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..11a4edf76
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+++ b/cmake/Modules/opm-upscaling-prereqs.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# -*- mode: cmake; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: t; truncate-lines: t; compile-command: "cmake -Wdev" -*-
+# vim: set filetype=cmake autoindent tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 noexpandtab softtabstop=2 nowrap:
+
+# defines that must be present in config.h for our headers
+set (opm-upscaling_CONFIG_VAR
+	HAVE_DYNAMIC_BOOST_TEST
+	HAVE_LAPACK
+	HAVE_SUPERLU
+	)
+
+# dependencies
+set (opm-upscaling_DEPS
+	# compile with C99 support if available
+	"C99"
+	# compile with C++0x/11 support if available
+	"CXX11Features"
+	# various runtime library enhancements
+	"Boost 1.39.0
+		COMPONENTS date_time filesystem system unit_test_framework REQUIRED"
+	# matrix library
+	"BLAS REQUIRED"
+	"LAPACK REQUIRED"
+	# solver
+	"SuperLU"
+	# DUNE dependency
+	"dune-common REQUIRED;
+	dune-istl REQUIRED;
+	dune-geometry REQUIRED;
+	dune-grid REQUIRED;
+	opm-core REQUIRED;
+	dune-cornerpoint REQUIRED;
+	opm-porsol REQUIRED"
+	)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/opm-verteq-prereqs.cmake b/cmake/Modules/opm-verteq-prereqs.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b3b74419
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+++ b/cmake/Modules/opm-verteq-prereqs.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# -*- mode: cmake; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: t; truncate-lines: t; compile-command: "cmake -Wdev" -*-
+# vim: set filetype=cmake autoindent tabstop=2 shiftwidth=2 noexpandtab softtabstop=2 nowrap:
+
+# defines that must be present in config.h for our headers
+set (opm-verteq_CONFIG_VAR
+	)
+
+# dependencies
+set (opm-verteq_DEPS
+	# compile with C99 support if available
+	"C99"
+	# compile with C++0x/11 support if available
+	"CXX11Features"
+	# various runtime library enhancements
+	"Boost 1.39.0
+		COMPONENTS date_time filesystem system unit_test_framework REQUIRED"
+	# OPM dependency
+	"opm-core"
+	)