diff --git a/prism/src/explicit/ProbModelChecker.java b/prism/src/explicit/ProbModelChecker.java
index 372981fe..1b180c1a 100644
--- a/prism/src/explicit/ProbModelChecker.java
+++ b/prism/src/explicit/ProbModelChecker.java
@@ -165,15 +165,15 @@ public class ProbModelChecker extends StateModelChecker
 		// PRISM_MDP_SOLN_METHOD
 		s = settings.getString(PrismSettings.PRISM_MDP_SOLN_METHOD);
 		if (s.equals("Value iteration")) {
-			setSolnMethod(SolnMethod.VALUE_ITERATION);
+			setMDPSolnMethod(MDPSolnMethod.VALUE_ITERATION);
 		} else if (s.equals("Gauss-Seidel")) {
-			setSolnMethod(SolnMethod.GAUSS_SEIDEL);
+			setMDPSolnMethod(MDPSolnMethod.GAUSS_SEIDEL);
 		} else if (s.equals("Policy iteration")) {
-			setSolnMethod(SolnMethod.POLICY_ITERATION);
+			setMDPSolnMethod(MDPSolnMethod.POLICY_ITERATION);
 		} else if (s.equals("Modified policy iteration")) {
-			setSolnMethod(SolnMethod.MODIFIED_POLICY_ITERATION);
+			setMDPSolnMethod(MDPSolnMethod.MODIFIED_POLICY_ITERATION);
 		} else if (s.equals("Linear programming")) {
-			setSolnMethod(SolnMethod.LINEAR_PROGRAMMING);
+			setMDPSolnMethod(MDPSolnMethod.LINEAR_PROGRAMMING);
 		} else {
 			throw new PrismException("Explicit engine does not support MDP solution method \"" + s + "\"");
 		}
diff --git a/prism/src/prism/PrismSettings.java b/prism/src/prism/PrismSettings.java
index 013bf5ac..0fdf9b89 100644
--- a/prism/src/prism/PrismSettings.java
+++ b/prism/src/prism/PrismSettings.java
@@ -763,7 +763,7 @@ public class PrismSettings implements Observer
 
 		// NUMERICAL SOLUTION OPTIONS:
 		
-		// Linear equation solver method
+		// Linear equation solver + MDP soln method
 		else if (sw.equals("power") || sw.equals("pow") || sw.equals("pwr")) {
 			set(PRISM_LIN_EQ_METHOD, "Power");
 		} else if (sw.equals("jacobi") || sw.equals("jac")) {
@@ -787,6 +787,8 @@ public class PrismSettings implements Observer
 			set(PRISM_LIN_EQ_METHOD, "Pseudo-SOR");
 		} else if (sw.equals("bpsor")) {
 			set(PRISM_LIN_EQ_METHOD, "Backwards Pseudo-SOR");
+		} else if (sw.equals("valiter")) {
+			set(PRISM_MDP_SOLN_METHOD, "Value iteration");
 		}
 		// Linear equation solver over-relaxation parameter
 		else if (sw.equals("omega")) {