diff --git a/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio.h b/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio.h
index 82abd089fb..2b16862616 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio.h
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@
 #define OMPIO_MAX(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (b) : (a))
 
 #define OMPIO_MCA_GET(fh, name) ((fh)->f_get_mca_parameter_value(#name, strlen(#name)+1))
+#define OMPIO_MCA_PRINT_INFO(_fh,_infostr,_infoval, _msg ) {            \
+    int _verbose = _fh->f_get_mca_parameter_value("verbose_info_parsing", strlen("verbose_info_parsing")); \
+    if ( 1==_verbose && 0==_fh->f_rank ) printf("File: %s info: %s value %s %s\n", _fh->f_filename, _infostr, _infoval, _msg); \
+    if ( 2==_verbose ) printf("File: %s info: %s value %s %s\n", _fh->f_filename, _infostr, _infoval, _msg); \
+    }
+    
 
 /*
  * Flags
diff --git a/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio_file_open.c b/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio_file_open.c
index f86a7ed7db..c1c61636b3 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio_file_open.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio_file_open.c
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ int mca_common_ompio_file_open (ompi_communicator_t *comm,
     ompio_fh->f_generate_current_file_view=generate_current_file_view_fn;
     ompio_fh->f_get_mca_parameter_value=get_mca_parameter_value_fn;
 
-    mca_common_ompio_set_file_defaults (ompio_fh);
     ompio_fh->f_filename = filename;
+    mca_common_ompio_set_file_defaults (ompio_fh);
 
     ompio_fh->f_split_coll_req    = NULL;
     ompio_fh->f_split_coll_in_use = false;
@@ -400,70 +400,79 @@ int mca_common_ompio_set_file_defaults (ompio_file_t *fh)
 {
 
    if (NULL != fh) {
-        ompi_datatype_t *types[2];
-        int blocklen[2] = {1, 1};
-        ptrdiff_t d[2], base;
-        int i;
+       char char_stripe[MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL];
+       ompi_datatype_t *types[2];
+       int blocklen[2] = {1, 1};
+       ptrdiff_t d[2], base;
+       int i, flag;
+       
+       fh->f_io_array = NULL;
+       fh->f_perm = OMPIO_PERM_NULL;
+       fh->f_flags = 0;
+       
+       fh->f_bytes_per_agg = OMPIO_MCA_GET(fh, bytes_per_agg);
+       opal_info_get (fh->f_info, "cb_buffer_size", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL, char_stripe, &flag);
+       if ( flag ) {
+           /* Info object trumps mca parameter value */
+           sscanf ( char_stripe, "%d", &fh->f_bytes_per_agg  );
+           OMPIO_MCA_PRINT_INFO(fh, "cb_buffer_size", char_stripe, "");
+       }
 
-        fh->f_io_array = NULL;
-        fh->f_perm = OMPIO_PERM_NULL;
-        fh->f_flags = 0;
-        fh->f_bytes_per_agg = OMPIO_MCA_GET(fh, bytes_per_agg);
-        fh->f_atomicity = 0;
-        fh->f_fs_block_size = 4096;
-
-        fh->f_offset = 0;
-        fh->f_disp = 0;
-        fh->f_position_in_file_view = 0;
-        fh->f_index_in_file_view = 0;
-        fh->f_total_bytes = 0;
-
-        fh->f_init_procs_per_group = -1;
-        fh->f_init_procs_in_group = NULL;
-
-	fh->f_procs_per_group = -1;
-        fh->f_procs_in_group = NULL;
-
-        fh->f_init_num_aggrs = -1;
-        fh->f_init_aggr_list = NULL;
-
-        fh->f_num_aggrs = -1;
-        fh->f_aggr_list = NULL;
-
-        /* Default file View */
-        fh->f_iov_type = MPI_DATATYPE_NULL;
-        fh->f_stripe_size = 0;
-	/*Decoded iovec of the file-view*/
-	fh->f_decoded_iov = NULL;
-        fh->f_etype = MPI_DATATYPE_NULL;
-        fh->f_filetype = MPI_DATATYPE_NULL;
-        fh->f_orig_filetype = MPI_DATATYPE_NULL;
-        fh->f_datarep = NULL;
-
-	/*Create a derived datatype for the created iovec */
-	types[0] = &ompi_mpi_long.dt;
-        types[1] = &ompi_mpi_long.dt;
-
-        d[0] = (ptrdiff_t) fh->f_decoded_iov;
-        d[1] = (ptrdiff_t) &fh->f_decoded_iov[0].iov_len;
-
-        base = d[0];
-        for (i=0 ; i<2 ; i++) {
-            d[i] -= base;
-        }
-
-        ompi_datatype_create_struct (2,
-                                     blocklen,
-                                     d,
-                                     types,
-                                     &fh->f_iov_type);
-        ompi_datatype_commit (&fh->f_iov_type);
-
-        return OMPI_SUCCESS;
-    }
-    else {
-        return OMPI_ERROR;
-    }
+       fh->f_atomicity = 0;
+       fh->f_fs_block_size = 4096;
+       
+       fh->f_offset = 0;
+       fh->f_disp = 0;
+       fh->f_position_in_file_view = 0;
+       fh->f_index_in_file_view = 0;
+       fh->f_total_bytes = 0;
+       
+       fh->f_init_procs_per_group = -1;
+       fh->f_init_procs_in_group = NULL;
+       
+       fh->f_procs_per_group = -1;
+       fh->f_procs_in_group = NULL;
+       
+       fh->f_init_num_aggrs = -1;
+       fh->f_init_aggr_list = NULL;
+       
+       fh->f_num_aggrs = -1;
+       fh->f_aggr_list = NULL;
+       
+       /* Default file View */
+       fh->f_iov_type = MPI_DATATYPE_NULL;
+       fh->f_stripe_size = 0;
+       /*Decoded iovec of the file-view*/
+       fh->f_decoded_iov = NULL;
+       fh->f_etype = MPI_DATATYPE_NULL;
+       fh->f_filetype = MPI_DATATYPE_NULL;
+       fh->f_orig_filetype = MPI_DATATYPE_NULL;
+       fh->f_datarep = NULL;
+       
+       /*Create a derived datatype for the created iovec */
+       types[0] = &ompi_mpi_long.dt;
+       types[1] = &ompi_mpi_long.dt;
+       
+       d[0] = (ptrdiff_t) fh->f_decoded_iov;
+       d[1] = (ptrdiff_t) &fh->f_decoded_iov[0].iov_len;
+       
+       base = d[0];
+       for (i=0 ; i<2 ; i++) {
+           d[i] -= base;
+       }
+       
+       ompi_datatype_create_struct (2,
+                                    blocklen,
+                                    d,
+                                    types,
+                                    &fh->f_iov_type);
+       ompi_datatype_commit (&fh->f_iov_type);
+       
+       return OMPI_SUCCESS;
+   }
+   else {
+       return OMPI_ERROR;
+   }
 }
 
 
diff --git a/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio_file_view.c b/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio_file_view.c
index db2475d3fa..71ba14ba02 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio_file_view.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/common/ompio/common_ompio_file_view.c
@@ -174,17 +174,19 @@ int mca_common_ompio_set_view (ompio_file_t *fh,
        }
     }
 
-    char char_stripe[MPI_MAX_INFO_KEY];
+    char char_stripe[MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL];
     /* Check the info object set during File_open */
     opal_info_get (fh->f_info, "cb_nodes", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL, char_stripe, &flag);
     if ( flag ) {
         sscanf ( char_stripe, "%d", &num_cb_nodes );
+        OMPIO_MCA_PRINT_INFO(fh, "cb_nodes", char_stripe, "");
     }
     else {
         /* Check the info object set during file_set_view */
         opal_info_get (info, "cb_nodes", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL, char_stripe, &flag);
         if ( flag ) {
             sscanf ( char_stripe, "%d", &num_cb_nodes );
+            OMPIO_MCA_PRINT_INFO(fh, "cb_nodes", char_stripe, "");
         }
     }
         
@@ -274,13 +276,39 @@ int mca_common_ompio_set_view (ompio_file_t *fh,
 	ompi_datatype_destroy ( &newfiletype );
     }
 
+    bool info_is_set=false;
+    opal_info_get (fh->f_info, "collective_buffering", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL, char_stripe, &flag);
+    if ( flag ) {
+        if ( strncmp ( char_stripe, "false", sizeof("true") )){
+            info_is_set = true;
+            OMPIO_MCA_PRINT_INFO(fh, "collective_buffering", char_stripe, "enforcing using individual fcoll component");
+        } else {
+            OMPIO_MCA_PRINT_INFO(fh, "collective_buffering", char_stripe, "");
+        }
+    } else {
+        opal_info_get (info, "collective_buffering", MPI_MAX_INFO_VAL, char_stripe, &flag);
+        if ( flag ) {
+            if ( strncmp ( char_stripe, "false", sizeof("true") )){
+                info_is_set = true;
+                OMPIO_MCA_PRINT_INFO(fh, "collective_buffering", char_stripe, "enforcing using individual fcoll component");
+            } else {
+                OMPIO_MCA_PRINT_INFO(fh, "collective_buffering", char_stripe, "");
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
-    ret = mca_fcoll_base_file_select (fh, NULL);
+    mca_fcoll_base_component_t *preferred =NULL;
+    if ( info_is_set ) {
+        /* user requested using an info object to disable collective buffering. */
+        preferred = mca_fcoll_base_component_lookup ("individual");
+    }
+    ret = mca_fcoll_base_file_select (fh, (mca_base_component_t *)preferred);
     if ( OMPI_SUCCESS != ret ) {
         opal_output(1, "mca_common_ompio_set_view: mca_fcoll_base_file_select() failed\n");
         goto exit;
     }
 
+
     if ( NULL != fh->f_sharedfp ) {
         ret = fh->f_sharedfp->sharedfp_seek( fh, 0, MPI_SEEK_SET);
     }
diff --git a/ompi/mca/fcoll/base/base.h b/ompi/mca/fcoll/base/base.h
index 7cebd093a2..353c062a59 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/fcoll/base/base.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/fcoll/base/base.h
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ OMPI_DECLSPEC int mca_fcoll_base_init_file (struct ompio_file_t *file);
 OMPI_DECLSPEC int mca_fcoll_base_get_param (struct ompio_file_t *file, int keyval);
 OMPI_DECLSPEC int ompi_fcoll_base_sort_iovec (struct iovec *iov, int num_entries, int *sorted);
 
+OMPI_DECLSPEC mca_fcoll_base_component_t* mca_fcoll_base_component_lookup(const char* name);
+
 /*
  * Globals
  */
diff --git a/ompi/mca/fcoll/base/fcoll_base_frame.c b/ompi/mca/fcoll/base/fcoll_base_frame.c
index d4520cfd89..c3162bcbc2 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/fcoll/base/fcoll_base_frame.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/fcoll/base/fcoll_base_frame.c
@@ -44,3 +44,27 @@
 
 MCA_BASE_FRAMEWORK_DECLARE(ompi, fcoll, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
                            mca_fcoll_base_static_components, 0);
+
+/**
+ * Traverses through the list of available components, calling their init
+ * functions until it finds the component that has the specified name. It
+ * then returns the found component.
+ *
+ * @param name the name of the component that is being searched for.
+ * @retval mca_fcoll_base_component_t* pointer to the requested component
+ * @retval NULL if the requested component is not found
+ */
+mca_fcoll_base_component_t* mca_fcoll_base_component_lookup(const char* name)
+{
+    /* Traverse the list of available components; call their init functions. */
+    mca_base_component_list_item_t *cli;
+    OPAL_LIST_FOREACH(cli, &ompi_fcoll_base_framework.framework_components, mca_base_component_list_item_t) {
+        mca_fcoll_base_component_t* component = (mca_fcoll_base_component_t *) cli->cli_component;
+        if(strcmp(component->fcollm_version.mca_component_name,
+                  name) == 0) {
+            return component;
+        }
+    }
+    return NULL;
+}
+
diff --git a/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio.c b/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio.c
index 3a58872d69..8a806861db 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio.c
@@ -521,7 +521,10 @@ int ompi_io_ompio_sort_offlen (mca_io_ompio_offlen_array_t *io_array,
 
 int mca_io_ompio_get_mca_parameter_value ( char *mca_parameter_name, int name_length )
 {
-    if ( !strncmp ( mca_parameter_name, "num_aggregators", name_length )) {
+    if ( !strncmp ( mca_parameter_name, "verbose_info_parsing", name_length )) {
+        return mca_io_ompio_verbose_info_parsing;
+    }
+    else if ( !strncmp ( mca_parameter_name, "num_aggregators", name_length )) {
         return mca_io_ompio_num_aggregators;
     }
     else if ( !strncmp ( mca_parameter_name, "bytes_per_agg", name_length )) {
diff --git a/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio.h b/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio.h
index e78cfb7ec4..218c8a4ada 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio.h
+++ b/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio.h
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ extern int mca_io_ompio_grouping_option;
 extern int mca_io_ompio_max_aggregators_ratio;
 extern int mca_io_ompio_aggregators_cutoff_threshold;
 extern int mca_io_ompio_overwrite_amode;
+extern int mca_io_ompio_verbose_info_parsing;
 
 OMPI_DECLSPEC extern int mca_io_ompio_coll_timing_info;
 
diff --git a/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio_component.c b/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio_component.c
index 318f7f0f6d..d2e600f39c 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio_component.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/io/ompio/io_ompio_component.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ int mca_io_ompio_coll_timing_info = 0;
 int mca_io_ompio_max_aggregators_ratio=8;
 int mca_io_ompio_aggregators_cutoff_threshold=3;
 int mca_io_ompio_overwrite_amode = 1;
+int mca_io_ompio_verbose_info_parsing = 0;
 
 int mca_io_ompio_grouping_option=5;
 
@@ -240,6 +241,18 @@ static int register_component(void)
                                            MCA_BASE_VAR_SCOPE_READONLY,
                                            &mca_io_ompio_overwrite_amode);
 
+    mca_io_ompio_verbose_info_parsing = 0;
+    (void) mca_base_component_var_register(&mca_io_ompio_component.io_version,
+                                           "verbose_info_parsing",
+                                           "Provide visual output when parsing info objects "
+                                           "0: no verbose output (default) "
+                                           "1: verbose output by rank 0 "
+                                           "2: verbose output by all ranks ",
+                                           MCA_BASE_VAR_TYPE_INT, NULL, 0, 0,
+                                           OPAL_INFO_LVL_9,
+                                           MCA_BASE_VAR_SCOPE_READONLY,
+                                           &mca_io_ompio_verbose_info_parsing);
+
     return OMPI_SUCCESS;
 }