diff --git a/cmake/modules/DumuxMacros.cmake b/cmake/modules/DumuxMacros.cmake
index 547ce7b4cf0c37c5ba3e4d2a2e5e5d4be95dc717..ded9d5b895dc2617e57bbcf2fa90187351b73180 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/DumuxMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/DumuxMacros.cmake
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ find_package(PVPython QUIET)
 find_package(Kokkos QUIET)
 include(AddKokkosFlags)
 
+include(CheckCXXSymbolExists)
+
 # test if compiler supports std::format
 check_cxx_symbol_exists(
   "__cpp_lib_format"