diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f0d86f5..8d6094c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -311,12 +311,15 @@
       install(FILES ${Ceres_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/FindMETIS.cmake
               DESTINATION ${RELATIVE_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
     endif (NOT METIS_DIR)
+  else (METIS_FOUND)
+    message("-- Did not find METIS, disabling Eigen METIS support.")
+    update_cache_variable(EIGENMETIS OFF)
+    list (APPEND CERES_COMPILE_OPTIONS CERES_NO_EIGEN_METIS)
   endif (METIS_FOUND)
-endif (EIGENMETIS)
-
-if (NOT EIGENMETIS OR NOT METIS_FOUND)
+else (EIGENMETIS)
+  message("-- Building without Eigen METIS support.")
   list (APPEND CERES_COMPILE_OPTIONS CERES_NO_EIGEN_METIS)
-endif (NOT EIGENMETIS OR NOT METIS_FOUND)
+endif (EIGENMETIS)
 
 if (ACCELERATESPARSE)
   find_package(AccelerateSparse)
diff --git a/internal/ceres/solver_utils.cc b/internal/ceres/solver_utils.cc
index 7cf1f32..4c4a354 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/solver_utils.cc
+++ b/internal/ceres/solver_utils.cc
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
   "-suitesparse-(" CERES_SUITESPARSE_VERSION ")"
 #endif
 
-#ifndef CERES_NO_EIGEN_METIS
+#if !defined(CERES_NO_EIGEN_METIS) || !defined(CERES_NO_CHOLMOD_PARTITION)
   "-metis-(" CERES_METIS_VERSION ")"
 #endif