diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f26726ef4b8afdd3f7981d3d317830d9446026b7..4a44474058c2ce51ba80bdd8651fc7d3ba8624a5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ stages:
       - mkdir $CI_PROJECT_DIR/build
       - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/build
       - if dpkg --compare-versions `ompi_info | head -2 | tail -1 | sed 's/[^0-9.]*\([0-9.]*\).*/\1/'` ge 1.10; then export MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS="--allow-run-as-root" ; fi
-      - cmake .. -DWALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG=$WALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG -DWALBERLA_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DWALBERLA_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON -DWALBERLA_BUILD_TUTORIALS=ON -DWALBERLA_BUILD_TOOLS=ON -DWALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_MPI=$WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_MPI -DWALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_CUDA=$WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_CUDA -DWALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PYTHON=$WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PYTHON -DWALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMP=$WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMP -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE -DMPIEXEC_PREFLAGS=$MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS -DWALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY=$WALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY -DWARNING_ERROR=ON
+      - cmake .. -DWALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG=$WALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG -DWALBERLA_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DWALBERLA_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON -DWALBERLA_BUILD_TUTORIALS=ON -DWALBERLA_BUILD_TOOLS=ON -DWALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_MPI=$WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_MPI -DWALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_CUDA=$WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_CUDA -DWALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PYTHON=$WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PYTHON -DWALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMP=$WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMP -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE -DMPIEXEC_PREFLAGS=$MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS -DWALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY=$WALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY -DWARNING_ERROR=ON -DWALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_METIS=$WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_METIS -DWALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PARMETIS=$WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PARMETIS
       - cmake . -LAH
       - make -j $NUM_BUILD_CORES -l $NUM_CORES
       - ctest -LE $CTEST_EXCLUDE_LABELS -C $CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE --output-on-failure -j $NUM_CORES
@@ -45,17 +45,21 @@ stages:
       CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "Release"
       WALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG: "OFF"
       WALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY: "ON"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_METIS: "OFF"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PARMETIS: "OFF"
 
 
 .build_mpionly_template: &build_mpionly_definition
    <<: *build_definition
    variables:
-       CTEST_EXCLUDE_LABELS: "longrun"
-       WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_MPI: "ON"
-       WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMP: "OFF"
-       CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "Release"
-       WALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG: "OFF"
-       WALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY: "ON"
+      CTEST_EXCLUDE_LABELS: "longrun"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_MPI: "ON"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMP: "OFF"
+      CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "Release"
+      WALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG: "OFF"
+      WALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY: "ON"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_METIS: "OFF"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PARMETIS: "OFF"
 
 
 .build_hybrid_template: &build_hybrid_definition
@@ -69,6 +73,8 @@ stages:
       CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "Release"
       WALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG: "OFF"
       WALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY: "ON"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_METIS: "ON"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PARMETIS: "ON"
 
 .build_serial_dbg_template: &build_serial_dbg_definition
    <<: *build_definition
@@ -79,17 +85,21 @@ stages:
       CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "DebugOptimized"
       WALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG: "OFF"
       WALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY: "ON"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_METIS: "OFF"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PARMETIS: "OFF"
 
 
 .build_mpionly_dbg_template: &build_mpionly_dbg_definition
    <<: *build_definition
    variables:
-       CTEST_EXCLUDE_LABELS: "longrun"
-       WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_MPI: "ON"
-       WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMP: "OFF"
-       CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "DebugOptimized"
-       WALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG: "OFF"
-       WALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY: "ON"
+      CTEST_EXCLUDE_LABELS: "longrun"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_MPI: "ON"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_OPENMP: "OFF"
+      CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "DebugOptimized"
+      WALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG: "OFF"
+      WALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY: "ON"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_METIS: "OFF"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PARMETIS: "OFF"
 
 
 .build_hybrid_dbg_template: &build_hybrid_dbg_definition
@@ -103,6 +113,8 @@ stages:
       CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "DebugOptimized"
       WALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG: "OFF"
       WALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY: "ON"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_METIS: "ON"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PARMETIS: "ON"
 
 .build_hybrid_dbg_sp_template: &build_hybrid_dbg_sp_definition
    <<: *build_definition
@@ -115,6 +127,8 @@ stages:
       CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE: "DebugOptimized"
       WALBERLA_BUFFER_DEBUG: "OFF"
       WALBERLA_DOUBLE_ACCURACY: "OFF"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_METIS: "OFF"
+      WALBERLA_BUILD_WITH_PARMETIS: "OFF"
 
 
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