diff --git a/opal/mca/hwloc/hwloc131/configure.m4 b/opal/mca/hwloc/hwloc131/configure.m4
index 818205266b..0aa1f7be9e 100644
--- a/opal/mca/hwloc/hwloc131/configure.m4
+++ b/opal/mca/hwloc/hwloc131/configure.m4
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([MCA_opal_hwloc_hwloc131_POST_CONFIG],[
 AC_DEFUN([MCA_opal_hwloc_hwloc131_CONFIG],[
     AC_CONFIG_FILES([opal/mca/hwloc/hwloc131/Makefile])
 
-    OPAL_VAR_SCOPE_PUSH([HWLOC_VERSION opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_CPPFLAGS opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_LDFLAGS opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_LIBS opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_cairo opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_xml opal_hwloc_hwloc131_basedir opal_hwloc_hwloc131_file])
+    OPAL_VAR_SCOPE_PUSH([HWLOC_VERSION opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_CPPFLAGS opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_LDFLAGS opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_LIBS opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_cairo opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_xml opal_hwloc_hwloc131_basedir opal_hwloc_hwloc131_file opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_enable_pci])
 
     # default to this component not providing support
     opal_hwloc_hwloc131_basedir=opal/mca/hwloc/hwloc131
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ AC_DEFUN([MCA_opal_hwloc_hwloc131_CONFIG],[
         opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_LDFLAGS=$LDFLAGS
         opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_LIBS=$LIBS
 
+        # Disable PCI support for now, until we can get a proper fix
+        # for Oralce's builds on older SuSE machines that only have
+        # libpci.a (and support Oracle's weird dual-bitness build
+        # mojo).
+        opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_enable_pci=$enable_pci
+        enable_pci=no
+
         # Run the hwloc configuration - set the prefix to minimize
         # the chance that someone will use the internal symbols
         HWLOC_SET_SYMBOL_PREFIX([opal_hwloc131_])
@@ -87,6 +94,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([MCA_opal_hwloc_hwloc131_CONFIG],[
         AS_IF([test -n "$opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_xml"],
               [enable_xml=$opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_xml])
        
+        enable_pci=$opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_enable_pci
         CPPFLAGS=$opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_CPPFLAGS
         LDFLAGS=$opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_LDFLAGS
         LIBS=$opal_hwloc_hwloc131_save_LIBS