diff --git a/config/families.d/openmpi-1.8.2 b/config/families.d/openmpi-1.8.2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d997a66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/families.d/openmpi-1.8.2
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+MPI=openmpi
+MPI_VERSION=1.8.2
+
+OPENMPI_VERSION=${MPI_VERSION}
+