diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3a6a2960..aced6a9c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ case ${ac_PRECISION} in
 esac
 
 ######################  Shared memory allocation technique under MPI3
-AC_ARG_ENABLE([shm],[AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-shm=shmopen|hugetlbfs],
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([shm],[AC_HELP_STRING([--enable-shm=shmopen|hugetlbfs|shmnone],
               [Select SHM allocation technique])],[ac_SHM=${enable_shm}],[ac_SHM=shmopen])
 
 case ${ac_SHM} in
@@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ case ${ac_SHM} in
      AC_DEFINE([GRID_MPI3_SHMOPEN],[1],[GRID_MPI3_SHMOPEN] )
      ;;
 
+     shmnone)
+     AC_DEFINE([GRID_MPI3_SHM_NONE],[1],[GRID_MPI3_SHM_NONE] )
+     ;;
+
      hugetlbfs)
      AC_DEFINE([GRID_MPI3_SHMMMAP],[1],[GRID_MPI3_SHMMMAP] )
      ;;