diff --git a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux
index 09d81cb3ba..912ea973c9 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux
+++ b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux
@@ -25,5 +25,7 @@ with_tm=no
 with_devel_headers=yes
 with_portals=no
 with_valgrind=no
-with_slurm=$SLURMHOME
-with_pmi=$SLURMHOME
+if [ -n "$SLURMHOME" ] then
+    with_slurm=$SLURMHOME
+    with_pmi=$SLURMHOME
+fi
diff --git a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux-optimized b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux-optimized
index 79d40665bb..700f0486f0 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux-optimized
+++ b/contrib/platform/intel/bend/linux-optimized
@@ -23,8 +23,12 @@ enable_mca_no_build=crs,memchecker,snapc,crcp,rml-ftrm,filem-rsh
 enable_contrib_no_build=libnbc,vt
 with_memory_manager=no
 with_tm=no
-with_slurm=no
 with_devel_headers=yes
 with_portals=no
 with_valgrind=no
 with_mpi_param_check=no
+if [ -n "$SLURMHOME" ] then
+    with_slurm=$SLURMHOME
+    with_pmi=$SLURMHOME
+fi
+