diff --git a/patches/opm-common-2017.10.patch b/patches/opm-common-2017.10.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0fc80ce2fb1630cf0b915e29159260a06e3b895b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/opm-common-2017.10.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Findopm-parser.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Findopm-parser.cmake
+index 42b5ae9..2977ee9 100644
+--- a/cmake/Modules/Findopm-parser.cmake
++++ b/cmake/Modules/Findopm-parser.cmake
+@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ string(REGEX REPLACE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/?(.*)" "\\1"  BUILD_DIR_SUFFIX "${PR
+ # or in relative directories to this one
+ if (OPM_PARSER_ROOT)
+   set (_no_default_path "NO_DEFAULT_PATH")
+-  set (_opm_parser_source "")
+-  set (_opm_parser_build "")
++  set (_opm_parser_source "${OPM_PARSER_ROOT}")
++  set (_opm_parser_build "${OPM_PARSER_ROOT}/${BUILD_DIR_SUFFIX}")
+ else ()
+   set (_no_default_path "")
+   set (_opm_parser_source
diff --git a/patches/opm-parser-2017.10.patch b/patches/opm-parser-2017.10.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..77f691d9b2ea9bb01562de931c3042e9f7f09f71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/patches/opm-parser-2017.10.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index d81c5dc2..964c19de 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -91,14 +91,7 @@ else ()
+     add_subdirectory(external/cjson)
+ endif()
+ 
+-# if building shared libraries, then don't include Boost in them
+-if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+-    set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
+-    set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME OFF)
+-else ()
+-# if using dynamic boost, the header file must generate a main() function
+-   set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON)
+-endif ()
++add_definitions(-DBOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK)
+ 
+ find_package(Boost 1.44.0
+              COMPONENTS filesystem