diff --git a/cmake/FindCholmod.cmake b/cmake/FindCholmod.cmake
index 7b3046d45..23239c300 100644
--- a/cmake/FindCholmod.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindCholmod.cmake
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@ include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 find_package_handle_standard_args(CHOLMOD DEFAULT_MSG
                                   CHOLMOD_INCLUDES CHOLMOD_LIBRARIES)
 
-mark_as_advanced(CHOLMOD_INCLUDES CHOLMOD_LIBRARIES AMD_LIBRARY COLAMD_LIBRARY SUITESPARSE_LIBRARY)
+mark_as_advanced(CHOLMOD_INCLUDES CHOLMOD_LIBRARIES AMD_LIBRARY COLAMD_LIBRARY SUITESPARSE_LIBRARY CAMD_LIBRARY CCOLAMD_LIBRARY CHOLMOD_METIS_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/cmake/FindFFTW.cmake b/cmake/FindFFTW.cmake
index a9e9925e7..6c4dc9ab4 100644
--- a/cmake/FindFFTW.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindFFTW.cmake
@@ -115,5 +115,5 @@ include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 find_package_handle_standard_args(FFTW DEFAULT_MSG
                                   FFTW_INCLUDES FFTW_LIBRARIES)
 
-mark_as_advanced(FFTW_INCLUDES FFTW_LIBRARIES)
+mark_as_advanced(FFTW_INCLUDES FFTW_LIBRARIES FFTW_LIB FFTWF_LIB FFTWL_LIB)
 
diff --git a/cmake/FindMetis.cmake b/cmake/FindMetis.cmake
index 627c3e9ae..e0040d320 100644
--- a/cmake/FindMetis.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindMetis.cmake
@@ -10,16 +10,50 @@ find_path(METIS_INCLUDES
   PATHS 
   $ENV{METISDIR} 
   ${INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR} 
-  PATH_SUFFIXES 
+  PATH_SUFFIXES
+  .
   metis
   include
 )
 
+macro(_metis_check_version)
+  file(READ "${METIS_INCLUDES}/metis.h" _metis_version_header)
+
+  string(REGEX MATCH "define[ \t]+METIS_VER_MAJOR[ \t]+([0-9]+)" _metis_major_version_match "${_metis_version_header}")
+  set(METIS_MAJOR_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+  string(REGEX MATCH "define[ \t]+METIS_VER_MINOR[ \t]+([0-9]+)" _metis_minor_version_match "${_metis_version_header}")
+  set(METIS_MINOR_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+  string(REGEX MATCH "define[ \t]+METIS_VER_SUBMINOR[ \t]+([0-9]+)" _metis_subminor_version_match "${_metis_version_header}")
+  set(METIS_SUBMINOR_VERSION "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
+  if(NOT METIS_MAJOR_VERSION)
+    message(WARNING "Could not determine Metis version. Assuming version 4.0.0")
+    set(METIS_VERSION 4.0.0)
+  else()
+    set(METIS_VERSION ${METIS_MAJOR_VERSION}.${METIS_MINOR_VERSION}.${METIS_SUBMINOR_VERSION})
+  endif()
+  if(${METIS_VERSION} VERSION_LESS ${Metis_FIND_VERSION})
+    set(METIS_VERSION_OK FALSE)
+  else()
+    set(METIS_VERSION_OK TRUE)
+  endif()
+
+  if(NOT METIS_VERSION_OK)
+    message(STATUS "Metis version ${METIS_VERSION} found in ${METIS_INCLUDES}, "
+                   "but at least version ${Metis_FIND_VERSION} is required")
+  endif(NOT METIS_VERSION_OK)
+endmacro(_metis_check_version)
+
+  if(METIS_INCLUDES AND Metis_FIND_VERSION)
+    _metis_check_version()
+  else()
+    set(METIS_VERSION_OK TRUE)
+  endif()
+
 
 find_library(METIS_LIBRARIES metis PATHS $ENV{METISDIR} ${LIB_INSTALL_DIR} PATH_SUFFIXES lib)
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 find_package_handle_standard_args(METIS DEFAULT_MSG
-                                  METIS_INCLUDES METIS_LIBRARIES)
+                                  METIS_INCLUDES METIS_LIBRARIES METIS_VERSION_OK)
 
 mark_as_advanced(METIS_INCLUDES METIS_LIBRARIES)
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 62c9c78a6..4521d07e4 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ endif()
 
 find_package(Pastix)
 find_package(Scotch)
-find_package(Metis)
+find_package(Metis 5.0 REQUIRED)
 if(PASTIX_FOUND)
   add_definitions("-DEIGEN_PASTIX_SUPPORT")
   include_directories(${PASTIX_INCLUDES})
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ ei_add_property(EIGEN_TESTING_SUMMARY "CXX_FLAGS:         ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}\n")
 ei_add_property(EIGEN_TESTING_SUMMARY "Sparse lib flags:  ${SPARSE_LIBS}\n")
 
 option(EIGEN_TEST_EIGEN2 "Run whole Eigen2 test suite against EIGEN2_SUPPORT" OFF)
+mark_as_advanced(EIGEN_TEST_EIGEN2)
 if(EIGEN_TEST_EIGEN2)
   message(WARNING "The Eigen2 test suite has been removed")
 endif()