diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/ud/.ompi_ignore b/ompi/mca/btl/ud/.ompi_ignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/ud/.ompi_unignore b/ompi/mca/btl/ud/.ompi_unignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..507c70e84f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/ud/.ompi_unignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+afriedle
+afriedl