diff --git a/ThirdParty/AllMake.stage3 b/ThirdParty/AllMake.stage3
index f6ec51bd2..033b64d17 100755
--- a/ThirdParty/AllMake.stage3
+++ b/ThirdParty/AllMake.stage3
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ fi
 # hwloc
 if [ -z "$HWLOC_SYSTEM" ]
 then
-    ( rpm_make -p hwloc-1.7.1 -s hwloc-1.7.1.spec  -u http://www.open-mpi.org/software/hwloc/v1.7/downloads/hwloc-1.7.1.tar.gz )
+    ( rpm_make -p hwloc-1.7.2 -s hwloc-1.7.2.spec  -u http://www.open-mpi.org/software/hwloc/v1.7/downloads/hwloc-1.7.2.tar.gz )
 else
     echo "Using system installed hwloc"
     echo ""
diff --git a/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/SPECS/hwloc-1.7.2.spec b/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/SPECS/hwloc-1.7.2.spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e8377d906
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ThirdParty/rpmBuild/SPECS/hwloc-1.7.2.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# =========                 |
+# \\      /  F ield         | OpenFOAM: The Open Source CFD Toolbox
+#  \\    /   O peration     |
+#   \\  /    A nd           | Copyright held by original author
+#    \\/     M anipulation  |
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# License
+#     This file is part of OpenFOAM.
+#
+#     OpenFOAM is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+#     under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
+#     Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+#     option) any later version.
+#
+#     OpenFOAM is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+#     ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+#     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+#     for more details.
+#
+#     You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#     along with OpenFOAM; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+#     Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
+#
+# Script
+#     RPM spec file for hwloc-1.7.2
+#
+# Description
+#     RPM spec file for creating a relocatable RPM
+#
+# Author:
+#     Martin Beaudoin, Hydro-Quebec, (2013)
+#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# We grab the value of WM_THIRD_PARTY and WM_OPTIONS from the environment variable
+%{expand:%%define _WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR %(echo $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR)}
+%{expand:%%define _WM_OPTIONS         %(echo $WM_OPTIONS)}
+
+# Disable the generation of debuginfo packages
+%define debug_package %{nil}
+
+# The topdir needs to point to the $WM_THIRD_PARTY/rpmbuild directory
+%define _topdir	 	%{_WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR}/rpmBuild
+%define _tmppath	%{_topdir}/tmp
+
+# Will install the package directly $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR
+#   Some comments about package relocation:
+#   By using this prefix for the Prefix:  parameter in this file, you will make this
+#   package relocatable.
+#
+#   This is fine, as long as your software is itself relocatable.
+#
+#   Simply take note that libraries built with libtool are not relocatable because the
+#   prefix we specify will be hard-coded in the library .la files.
+#   Ref: http://sourceware.org/autobook/autobook/autobook_80.html
+#
+#   In that case, if you ever change the value of the $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR, you will
+#   not be able to reutilize this RPM, even though it is relocatable. You will need to
+#   regenerate the RPM.
+#
+%define _prefix         %{_WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR}
+
+%define name		hwloc
+%define release		%{_WM_OPTIONS}
+%define version 	1.7.2
+
+%define buildroot       %{_topdir}/BUILD/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+BuildRoot:	        %{buildroot}
+Summary: 		hwloc
+License: 		the New BSD license
+Name: 			%{name}
+Version: 		%{version}
+Release: 		%{release}
+URL:                    http://www.open-mpi.org/software/hwloc/v1.7/downloads/hwloc-1.7.2.tar.gz
+Source: 		%url/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
+Prefix: 		%{_prefix}
+Group: 			Development/Tools
+
+
+%define _installPrefix  %{_prefix}/packages/%{name}-%{version}/platforms/%{_WM_OPTIONS}
+
+%description
+%{summary}
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+    # export WM settings in a form that GNU configure recognizes
+    [ -n "$WM_CC" ]         &&  export CC="$WM_CC"
+    [ -n "$WM_CXX" ]        &&  export CXX="$WM_CXX"
+    [ -n "$WM_CFLAGS" ]     &&  export CFLAGS="$WM_CFLAGS"
+    [ -n "$WM_CXXFLAGS" ]   &&  export CXXFLAGS="$WM_CXXFLAGS"
+    [ -n "$WM_LDFLAGS" ]    &&  export LDFLAGS="$WM_LDFLAGS"
+
+    ./configure     \
+        --prefix=%{_installPrefix}
+
+    [ -z "$WM_NCOMPPROCS" ] && WM_NCOMPPROCS=1
+    make -j $WM_NCOMPPROCS
+
+%install
+    make install DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT
+
+    # Creation of OpenFOAM specific .csh and .sh files"
+
+    echo ""
+    echo "Generating OpenFOAM specific .csh and .sh files for the package %{name}-%{version}"
+    echo ""
+    #
+    # Generate package specific .sh file for OpenFOAM
+    #
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_installPrefix}/etc
+cat << DOT_SH_EOF > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_installPrefix}/etc/%{name}-%{version}.sh
+# Load %{name}-%{version} libraries and binaries if available
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+export HWLOC_DIR=\$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/%{name}-%{version}/platforms/\$WM_OPTIONS
+export HWLOC_BIN_DIR=\$HWLOC_DIR/bin
+
+# Enable access to the runtime package applications
+[ -d \$HWLOC_BIN_DIR ] && _foamAddPath \$HWLOC_BIN_DIR
+DOT_SH_EOF
+
+    #
+    # Generate package specific .csh file for OpenFOAM
+    #
+cat << DOT_CSH_EOF > $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_installPrefix}/etc/%{name}-%{version}.csh
+# Load %{name}-%{version} libraries and binaries if available
+# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+setenv HWLOC_DIR \$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/%{name}-%{version}/platforms/\$WM_OPTIONS
+setenv HWLOC_BIN_DIR \$HWLOC_DIR/bin
+
+if ( -e \$HWLOC_BIN_DIR ) then
+    _foamAddPath \$HWLOC_BIN_DIR
+endif
+DOT_CSH_EOF
+
+    #finally, generate a .tgz file for systems where using rpm for installing packages
+    # as a non-root user might be a problem.
+    (mkdir -p  %{_topdir}/TGZS/%{_target_cpu}; cd $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{_prefix}; tar -zcvf %{_topdir}/TGZS/%{_target_cpu}/%{name}-%{version}.tgz  packages/%{name}-%{version})
+
+%clean
+rm -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_installPrefix}
+
diff --git a/etc/settings.csh b/etc/settings.csh
index a3c3a622e..3ed696821 100644
--- a/etc/settings.csh
+++ b/etc/settings.csh
@@ -471,8 +471,8 @@ endif
 
 # hwloc
 # ~~~~~
-if ( $?HWLOC_SYSTEM == 0 && -e "$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR"/packages/hwloc-1.7.1/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS ) then
-    _foamSource $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/hwloc-1.7.1/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/etc/hwloc-1.7.1.csh
+if ( $?HWLOC_SYSTEM == 0 && -e "$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR"/packages/hwloc-1.7.2/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS ) then
+    _foamSource $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/hwloc-1.7.2/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/etc/hwloc-1.7.2.csh
 endif
 
 # QT
diff --git a/etc/settings.sh b/etc/settings.sh
index 4383ea5f8..c1e177fba 100644
--- a/etc/settings.sh
+++ b/etc/settings.sh
@@ -575,8 +575,8 @@ export MPI_BUFFER_SIZE
 
 # Load hwloc
 # ~~~~~~~~~~~
-[ -z "$HWLOC_SYSTEM" ] && [ -e $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/hwloc-1.7.1/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS ] && {
-    _foamSource $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/hwloc-1.7.1/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/etc/hwloc-1.7.1.sh
+[ -z "$HWLOC_SYSTEM" ] && [ -e $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/hwloc-1.7.2/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS ] && {
+    _foamSource $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/packages/hwloc-1.7.2/platforms/$WM_OPTIONS/etc/hwloc-1.7.2.sh
 }
 [ "$FOAM_VERBOSE" -a "$PS1" ] && echo "    HWLOC_DIR is initialized to: $HWLOC_DIR"