diff --git a/contrib/platform/lanl/cray_xe6/debug-nopanasas b/contrib/platform/lanl/cray_xe6/debug-nopanasas
index 192340f129..8ddb05e6fa 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/lanl/cray_xe6/debug-nopanasas
+++ b/contrib/platform/lanl/cray_xe6/debug-nopanasas
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ enable_picky=yes
 enable_debug=yes
 enable_shared=yes
 enable_static=yes
+enable_orte_static_ports=no
 enable_ipv6=no
 enable_mpi_fortran=yes
 enable_mpi_cxx=yes
diff --git a/contrib/platform/lanl/cray_xe6/optimized-nopanasas b/contrib/platform/lanl/cray_xe6/optimized-nopanasas
index 72e503187a..4830d4ba67 100644
--- a/contrib/platform/lanl/cray_xe6/optimized-nopanasas
+++ b/contrib/platform/lanl/cray_xe6/optimized-nopanasas
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ enable_heterogeneous=no
 enable_picky=no
 enable_debug=no
 enable_shared=yes
+enable_orte_static_ports=no
 enable_static=yes
 enable_ipv6=no
 enable_mpi_fortran=yes