--- CMakeModules/FindVIGRA.cmake.orig
+++ CMakeModules/FindVIGRA.cmake
@@ -54,8 +54,28 @@
     MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find vigra/configVersion.hxx or vigra/config_version.hxx. Your vigra installation seems to be corrupt.")
   ENDIF()
   FILE(STRINGS "${VIGRA_CONFIG_VERSION_HXX}" VIGRA_VERSION_HXX REGEX ".*#define +VIGRA_VERSION +\"")
-  STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define +VIGRA_VERSION +\"([.0-9]+).*" "\\1" VIGRA_VERSION "${VIGRA_VERSION_HXX}")
-  IF(${VIGRA_VERSION} VERSION_EQUAL VIGRA_FIND_VERSION OR ${VIGRA_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER VIGRA_FIND_VERSION)
+  IF(VIGRA_VERSION_HXX)
+    STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define +VIGRA_VERSION +\"([.0-9]+).*" "\\1" VIGRA_VERSION "${VIGRA_VERSION_HXX}")
+  ELSE()
+    # vigra >= 1.12 assembles VIGRA_VERSION from the individual MAJOR/MINOR/PATCH
+    # defines, so there is no longer a literal version string in the header.
+    SET(VIGRA_VERSION "")
+    FOREACH(_vigra_part MAJOR MINOR PATCH)
+      FILE(STRINGS "${VIGRA_CONFIG_VERSION_HXX}" _vigra_line
+           REGEX "#define +VIGRA_VERSION_${_vigra_part} +[0-9]+")
+      STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*#define +VIGRA_VERSION_${_vigra_part} +([0-9]+).*" "\\1"
+             _vigra_num "${_vigra_line}")
+      IF(VIGRA_VERSION)
+        SET(VIGRA_VERSION "${VIGRA_VERSION}.${_vigra_num}")
+      ELSE()
+        SET(VIGRA_VERSION "${_vigra_num}")
+      ENDIF()
+    ENDFOREACH()
+  ENDIF()
+  IF(NOT VIGRA_VERSION)
+    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not determine the vigra version from ${VIGRA_CONFIG_VERSION_HXX}.")
+  ENDIF()
+  IF(NOT "${VIGRA_VERSION}" VERSION_LESS "${VIGRA_FIND_VERSION}")
     SET(VIGRA_VERSION_CHECK TRUE)
     MESSAGE(STATUS "VIGRA version: ${VIGRA_VERSION}")
   ELSE()