diff --git a/config/families.d/openmpi-1.8.1 b/config/families.d/openmpi-1.8.1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..595b6e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/families.d/openmpi-1.8.1
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MPI=openmpi
+MPI_VERSION=1.8.1
+
+OPENMPI_VERSION=${MPI_VERSION}
+