diff --git a/edo/CMakeLists.txt b/edo/CMakeLists.txt
index ab4333ef6..10b1fbe23 100644
--- a/edo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/edo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,11 +28,16 @@ SET(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT
 ### 3) Include useful features
 ######################################################################################
 
+# include useful features for cmake
+SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules)
+
 INCLUDE(FindDoxygen)
 INCLUDE(FindPkgConfig)
 
 FIND_PACKAGE(Boost 1.33.0)
 
+FIND_PACKAGE(EO)
+
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
   ${EO_INCLUDE_DIRS}
   ${MO_INCLUDE_DIRS}
@@ -87,7 +92,7 @@ SET(SAMPLE_SRCS)
 ######################################################################################
 
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(src)
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(application)
+#ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(application)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(test)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(doc)
 
diff --git a/edo/install.cmake-dist b/edo/install.cmake-dist
index 99d4166ba..b4f532113 100644
--- a/edo/install.cmake-dist
+++ b/edo/install.cmake-dist
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SET(EO_LIBRARIES eoutils eo es ga cma gcov) # do not use quotes around this list
 
 SET(MO_INCLUDE_DIRS "${MO_DIR}/src" CACHE PATH "MO include directory" FORCE)
 SET(MO_LIBRARY_DIRS "${MO_DIR}/release/lib" CACHE PATH "MO library directory" FORCE)
-SET(MO_LIBRARIES "mo")
+#SET(MO_LIBRARIES "mo") # no library is generated when building MO
 
 # ... or rather use pkg-config (dont forget to comment the code above)