diff --git a/src/cpu/VirtualFluidsCore/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cpu/VirtualFluidsCore/CMakeLists.txt
index 3121ce9250e9e28653e6ed63144476ec90d3dfa6..f23e96006cea40e9ef7721c0de06586448a1e53e 100644
--- a/src/cpu/VirtualFluidsCore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cpu/VirtualFluidsCore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-IF(${USE_METIS} AND METIS_RELEASE_LIBRARY)
+IF(${USE_METIS} AND METIS_RELEASE_LIBRARY AND METIS_DEBUG_LIBRARY)
    SET(LINK_LIBRARY optimized ${METIS_RELEASE_LIBRARY} debug ${METIS_DEBUG_LIBRARY})
    SET(CAB_ADDITIONAL_LINK_LIBRARIES ${CAB_ADDITIONAL_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${LINK_LIBRARY})
 ELSE()