diff --git a/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/cray b/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/cray
index c73804d..c17ada5 100644
--- a/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/cray
+++ b/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/cray
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-COMPILER_OPTS="CC=cc CXX=CC FC=ftn F90=ftn F77=ftn"
+COMPILER_OPTS="CC=cc CXX=CC FC=ftn F90=ftn F77=ftn MPICC=cc MPICXX=CC MPIFC=ftn"
 COMPILER_VERSION_CMD="cc -V 2>&1| awk '/Version/{ print \$5; }'"
diff --git a/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/gnu b/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/gnu
index 7095775..f65edef 100644
--- a/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/gnu
+++ b/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/gnu
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-COMPILER_OPTS="CC=cc CXX=CC FC=ftn F90=ftn F77=ftn"
+COMPILER_OPTS="CC=cc CXX=CC FC=ftn F90=ftn F77=ftn MPICC=cc MPICXX=CC MPIFC=ftn"
 COMPILER_VERSION_CMD="cc -dumpversion"
diff --git a/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/intel b/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/intel
index 37b5c77..bd8e695 100644
--- a/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/intel
+++ b/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/intel
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-COMPILER_OPTS="CC=cc CXX=CC FC=ftn F90=ftn F77=ftn"
+COMPILER_OPTS="CC=cc CXX=CC FC=ftn F90=ftn F77=ftn MPICC=cc MPICXX=CC MPIFC=ftn"
 COMPILER_VERSION_CMD="cc --version 2>&1 | awk '/icc/{print \$3; }'"
diff --git a/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/pgi b/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/pgi
index af3e8a7..3069c2b 100644
--- a/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/pgi
+++ b/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/pgi
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-COMPILER_OPTS="CC=cc CXX=CC FC=ftn F90=ftn F77=ftn"
+COMPILER_OPTS="CC=cc CXX=CC FC=ftn F90=ftn F77=ftn MPICC=cc MPICXX=CC MPIFC=ftn"
 COMPILER_VERSION_CMD="cc -V 2> /dev/null |  awk '/pgcc/{print \$2}' | sed -e 's/-/./'"
diff --git a/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/system b/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/system
index 50913ec..1f40610 100644
--- a/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/system
+++ b/etc/platform-configs/hazelhen/compiler/system
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-COMPILER_OPTS="CC=gcc CXX=g++ FC=gfortran F90=gfortran F77=gfortran"
+COMPILER_OPTS="CC=gcc CXX=g++ FC=gfortran F90=gfortran F77=gfortran MPICC=cc MPICXX=CC MPIFC=ftn"
 COMPILER_VERSION_CMD="gcc -dumpversion"