diff --git a/etc/bashrc b/etc/bashrc
index 137daddc9..aa618df81 100644
--- a/etc/bashrc
+++ b/etc/bashrc
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export WM_COMPILER_LIB_ARCH=
 # WM_COMPILE_OPTION = Opt | Debug | Prof
 : ${WM_COMPILE_OPTION:=Opt}; export WM_COMPILE_OPTION
 
-# WM_MPLIB = SYSTEMOPENMPI | OPENMPI | MPICH | MPICH-GM | HPMPI | GAMMA | MPI | QSMPI
+# WM_MPLIB = SYSTEMOPENMPI | OPENMPI | MPICH | MPICH-GM | HPMPI | GAMMA | MPI | QSMPI | MVAPICH2
 : ${WM_MPLIB:=OPENMPI}; export WM_MPLIB
 
 # WM_NCOMPPROCS = <number of processes to use>
diff --git a/etc/cshrc b/etc/cshrc
index c2a760d8b..b7644e2ac 100644
--- a/etc/cshrc
+++ b/etc/cshrc
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ if ( ! $?WM_COMPILE_OPTION ) setenv WM_COMPILE_OPTION Opt
 #setenv WM_COMPILE_OPTION Opt
 #setenv WM_COMPILE_OPTION Debug
 
-# WM_MPLIB = SYSTEMOPENMPI | OPENMPI | MPICH | MPICH-GM | HPMPI | GAMMA | MPI | QSMPI
+# WM_MPLIB = SYSTEMOPENMPI | OPENMPI | MPICH | MPICH-GM | HPMPI | GAMMA | MPI | QSMPI | MVAPICH2
 if ( ! $?WM_MPLIB ) setenv WM_MPLIB OPENMPI
 
 # WM_NCOMPPROCS = <number of processes to use>
diff --git a/etc/settings.csh b/etc/settings.csh
index 011d7858c..16612e1dd 100644
--- a/etc/settings.csh
+++ b/etc/settings.csh
@@ -282,6 +282,36 @@ case SYSTEMOPENMPI:
     unset mpi_version
     breaksw
 
+case MVAPICH2:
+    set mpi_version=mvapich2
+
+    if ($?MVAPICH2_BIN_DIR != 0) then
+        if (-d "${MVAPICH2_BIN_DIR}" ) then
+        _foamAddPath $MVAPICH2_BIN_DIR
+        endif
+    else
+        set mpicc_cmd=`which mpicc`
+        setenv MVAPICH2_BIN_DIR `dirname $mpicc_cmd`
+        unset mpicc_cmd
+    endif
+
+    setenv MPI_HOME `dirname $MVAPICH2_BIN_DIR`
+    setenv MPI_ARCH_PATH $MPI_HOME
+
+    setenv  PINC "`mpicc -show -cc= -nativelinking`"
+    setenv  PLIBS "`mpicc -show -cc= | sed "s%$PINC%%"`"
+
+    if ($?FOAM_VERBOSE && $?prompt) then
+        echo "  Environment variables defined for MVAPICH2:"
+        echo "    MPI_ARCH_PATH         : $MPI_ARCH_PATH"
+        echo "    PINC                  : $PINC"
+        echo "    PLIBS                 : $PLIBS"
+    endif
+
+    setenv FOAM_MPI_LIBBIN $FOAM_LIBBIN/$mpi_version
+    unset mpi_version
+    breaksw
+
 case MPICH:
     set mpi_version=mpich-1.2.4
     setenv MPI_HOME $WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/$mpi_version
diff --git a/etc/settings.sh b/etc/settings.sh
index 455bcb68b..4f800a456 100644
--- a/etc/settings.sh
+++ b/etc/settings.sh
@@ -334,6 +334,42 @@ SYSTEMOPENMPI)
     unset mpi_version
     ;;
 
+MVAPICH2)
+    mpi_version=mvapich2
+
+    if [ -n "${MVAPICH2_BIN_DIR}" ] && [ -d "${MVAPICH2_BIN_DIR}" ]
+    then
+        _foamAddPath $MVAPICH2_BIN_DIR
+    else
+        MVAPICH2_BIN_DIR=$(dirname `which mpicc`)
+    fi
+
+    if which mpicc >/dev/null
+    then
+        mpicc -v 2>/dev/null | grep -q "mpicc for MVAPICH2" ||
+            echo "Warning: `which mpicc` does not appear to be for MVAPICH2"
+    else
+        echo "Warning: mpicc not available"
+    fi
+
+    export MPI_HOME=`dirname $MVAPICH2_BIN_DIR`
+    export MPI_ARCH_PATH=$MPI_HOME
+
+    export PINC="`mpicc -show -cc= -nativelinking`"
+    export PLIBS="`mpicc -show -cc= | sed "s%$PINC%%"`"
+
+    if [ "$FOAM_VERBOSE" -a "$PS1" ]
+    then
+        echo "  Environment variables defined for MVAPICH2:"
+        echo "    MPI_ARCH_PATH         : $MPI_ARCH_PATH"
+        echo "    PINC                  : $PINC"
+        echo "    PLIBS                 : $PLIBS"
+    fi
+
+    export FOAM_MPI_LIBBIN=$FOAM_LIBBIN/$mpi_version
+    unset mpi_version
+    ;;
+
 MPICH)
     mpi_version=mpich-1.2.4
     export MPI_HOME=$WM_THIRD_PARTY_DIR/$mpi_version
diff --git a/src/Pstream/Allwmake b/src/Pstream/Allwmake
index a01538cc3..6c4131068 100755
--- a/src/Pstream/Allwmake
+++ b/src/Pstream/Allwmake
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -x
 wmake libso dummy
 
 case "$WM_MPLIB" in
-*MPI*)
+*MPI* | MVAPICH*)
     set +x
     echo
     echo "Note: ignore spurious warnings about missing mpicxx.h headers"
diff --git a/wmake/rules/linux64Gcc/mplibMVAPICH2 b/wmake/rules/linux64Gcc/mplibMVAPICH2
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb