diff --git a/orte/mca/rmaps/base/rmaps_base_map_job.c b/orte/mca/rmaps/base/rmaps_base_map_job.c
index a62fd078f0..482dd21f5f 100644
--- a/orte/mca/rmaps/base/rmaps_base_map_job.c
+++ b/orte/mca/rmaps/base/rmaps_base_map_job.c
@@ -327,6 +327,16 @@ void orte_rmaps_base_map_job(int fd, short args, void *cbdata)
         return;
     }
 
+    /* if any node is oversubscribed, then check to see if a binding
+     * directive was given - if not, then we want to clear the default
+     * binding policy so we don't attempt to bind */
+    if (ORTE_FLAG_TEST(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED)) {
+        if (!OPAL_BINDING_POLICY_IS_SET(jdata->map->binding)) {
+            /* clear any default binding policy we might have set */
+            OPAL_SET_DEFAULT_BINDING_POLICY(jdata->map->binding, OPAL_BIND_TO_NONE);
+        }
+    }
+
     /* compute and save local ranks */
     if (ORTE_SUCCESS != (rc = orte_rmaps_base_compute_local_ranks(jdata))) {
         ORTE_ERROR_LOG(rc);
diff --git a/orte/mca/rmaps/mindist/rmaps_mindist_module.c b/orte/mca/rmaps/mindist/rmaps_mindist_module.c
index 1f127374e3..7cf18e5b39 100644
--- a/orte/mca/rmaps/mindist/rmaps_mindist_module.c
+++ b/orte/mca/rmaps/mindist/rmaps_mindist_module.c
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ static int mindist_map(orte_job_t *jdata)
                         goto error;
                     } else {
                         ORTE_FLAG_SET(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
+                        ORTE_FLAG_SET(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -349,6 +350,7 @@ static int mindist_map(orte_job_t *jdata)
                 if (nprocs_mapped == app->num_procs)
                     break;
                 ORTE_FLAG_SET(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
+                ORTE_FLAG_SET(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
                 opal_output_verbose(2, orte_rmaps_base_framework.framework_output,
                         "mca:rmaps:mindist: second pass assigning %d extra procs to node %s",
                         (int)num_procs_to_assign, node->name);
diff --git a/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c b/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c
index 7bb6af1f6f..a0303effba 100644
--- a/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c
+++ b/orte/mca/rmaps/ppr/rmaps_ppr.c
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ static int ppr_mapper(orte_job_t *jdata)
                  * properly set
                  */
                 ORTE_FLAG_SET(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
+                ORTE_FLAG_SET(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
                 /* check for permission */
                 if (ORTE_FLAG_TEST(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_SLOTS_GIVEN)) {
                     /* if we weren't given a directive either way, then we will error out
diff --git a/orte/mca/rmaps/rank_file/rmaps_rank_file.c b/orte/mca/rmaps/rank_file/rmaps_rank_file.c
index 24ba74c17c..1fe6c7dcc0 100644
--- a/orte/mca/rmaps/rank_file/rmaps_rank_file.c
+++ b/orte/mca/rmaps/rank_file/rmaps_rank_file.c
@@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ static int orte_rmaps_rf_map(orte_job_t *jdata)
                  * properly set
                  */
                 ORTE_FLAG_SET(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
+                ORTE_FLAG_SET(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
             }
             /* set the vpid */
             proc->name.vpid = rank;
diff --git a/orte/mca/rmaps/resilient/rmaps_resilient.c b/orte/mca/rmaps/resilient/rmaps_resilient.c
index 8e5a8689d3..afc4576737 100644
--- a/orte/mca/rmaps/resilient/rmaps_resilient.c
+++ b/orte/mca/rmaps/resilient/rmaps_resilient.c
@@ -840,6 +840,7 @@ static int map_to_ftgrps(orte_job_t *jdata)
                  * properly set
                  */
                 ORTE_FLAG_SET(nd, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
+                ORTE_FLAG_SET(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
             }
 
             /* track number of procs mapped */
diff --git a/orte/mca/rmaps/round_robin/rmaps_rr_mappers.c b/orte/mca/rmaps/round_robin/rmaps_rr_mappers.c
index 0d9280132e..b923d898ab 100644
--- a/orte/mca/rmaps/round_robin/rmaps_rr_mappers.c
+++ b/orte/mca/rmaps/round_robin/rmaps_rr_mappers.c
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ int orte_rmaps_rr_byslot(orte_job_t *jdata,
              * properly set
              */
             ORTE_FLAG_SET(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
+            ORTE_FLAG_SET(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
             /* check for permission */
             if (ORTE_FLAG_TEST(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_SLOTS_GIVEN)) {
                 /* if we weren't given a directive either way, then we will error out
@@ -368,6 +369,7 @@ int orte_rmaps_rr_bynode(orte_job_t *jdata,
                  * properly set
                  */
                 ORTE_FLAG_SET(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
+                ORTE_FLAG_SET(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
                 /* check for permission */
                 if (ORTE_FLAG_TEST(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_SLOTS_GIVEN)) {
                     /* if we weren't given a directive either way, then we will error out
@@ -420,6 +422,7 @@ int orte_rmaps_rr_bynode(orte_job_t *jdata,
                  * properly set
                  */
                 ORTE_FLAG_SET(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
+                ORTE_FLAG_SET(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
             }
             if (nprocs_mapped == app->num_procs) {
                 /* we are done */
@@ -588,6 +591,7 @@ int orte_rmaps_rr_byobj(orte_job_t *jdata,
                  * properly set
                  */
                 ORTE_FLAG_SET(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
+                ORTE_FLAG_SET(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
                 /* check for permission */
                 if (ORTE_FLAG_TEST(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_SLOTS_GIVEN)) {
                     /* if we weren't given a directive either way, then we will error out
@@ -745,6 +749,7 @@ static int byobj_span(orte_job_t *jdata,
              * properly set
              */
             ORTE_FLAG_SET(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
+            ORTE_FLAG_SET(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
         }
         if (nprocs_mapped == app->num_procs) {
             /* we are done */
diff --git a/orte/mca/rmaps/seq/rmaps_seq.c b/orte/mca/rmaps/seq/rmaps_seq.c
index 69872f4751..d2509496fa 100644
--- a/orte/mca/rmaps/seq/rmaps_seq.c
+++ b/orte/mca/rmaps/seq/rmaps_seq.c
@@ -412,6 +412,7 @@ static int orte_rmaps_seq_map(orte_job_t *jdata)
                  * properly set
                  */
                 ORTE_FLAG_SET(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
+                ORTE_FLAG_SET(jdata, ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED);
                 /* check for permission */
                 if (ORTE_FLAG_TEST(node, ORTE_NODE_FLAG_SLOTS_GIVEN)) {
                     /* if we weren't given a directive either way, then we will error out
diff --git a/orte/util/attr.h b/orte/util/attr.h
index 0b6d377de3..d06d76a727 100644
--- a/orte/util/attr.h
+++ b/orte/util/attr.h
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ typedef uint16_t orte_job_flags_t;
 #define ORTE_JOB_FLAG_RECOVERABLE        0x0100   // job is recoverable
 #define ORTE_JOB_FLAG_RESTART            0x0200   //
 #define ORTE_JOB_FLAG_PROCS_MIGRATING    0x0400   // some procs in job are migrating from one node to another
+#define ORTE_JOB_FLAG_OVERSUBSCRIBED     0x0800   // at least one node in the job is oversubscribed
 
 
 /***   JOB ATTRIBUTE KEYS   ***/