diff --git a/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/cray b/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/cray
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c73804d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/cray
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+COMPILER_OPTS="CC=cc CXX=CC FC=ftn F90=ftn F77=ftn"
+COMPILER_VERSION_CMD="cc -V 2>&1| awk '/Version/{ print \$5; }'"
diff --git a/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/gnu b/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/gnu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f86edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/gnu
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+COMPILER_OPTS="CC=cc CXX=CC FC=ftn F90=ftn F77=tfn"
+COMPILER_VERSION_CMD="cc -dumpversion"
diff --git a/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/pgi b/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/pgi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af3e8a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/pgi
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+COMPILER_OPTS="CC=cc CXX=CC FC=ftn F90=ftn F77=ftn"
+COMPILER_VERSION_CMD="cc -V 2> /dev/null |  awk '/pgcc/{print \$2}' | sed -e 's/-/./'"
diff --git a/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/system b/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/system
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50913ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/platform-configs/hermit1/compiler/system
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+COMPILER_OPTS="CC=gcc CXX=g++ FC=gfortran F90=gfortran F77=gfortran"
+COMPILER_VERSION_CMD="gcc -dumpversion"
diff --git a/sit b/sit
index 808fb3f..2ecdda2 100755
--- a/sit
+++ b/sit
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ case $HOSTNAME in
 	cl3fr1|cl3fr2|imager)
 		PLATFORM="laki"
 		;;
+	eslogin*)
+		PLATFORM="hermit1"
+		;;
 	*)
 		sit_info "Unknown host '$HOSTNAME' using default platform '${DEFAULT_PLATFORM}' configuration"
 		PLATFORM="${DEFAULT_PLATFORM}"