diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/portals/.ompi_unignore b/ompi/mca/btl/portals/.ompi_unignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8381e58f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/portals/.ompi_unignore
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+brbarret
+bbarrett
+bwbarre