diff --git a/src/sst/elements/ariel/frontend/simple/examples/stream/Makefile.am b/src/sst/elements/ariel/frontend/simple/examples/stream/Makefile.am
index 7d933e9a28..ce2a46737d 100644
--- a/src/sst/elements/ariel/frontend/simple/examples/stream/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/sst/elements/ariel/frontend/simple/examples/stream/Makefile.am
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+if SST_USE_ARIEL_MPI
+CXX_LOCAL = $(ARIEL_MPICXX)
+CFLAGS_LOCAL = -fopenmp $(ARIEL_MPI_CFLAGS)
+else
+CXX_LOCAL = $(CXX)
+CFLAGS_LOCAL =
+endif
+
 API_DIR = ../../../../api
 
 all-local: stream stream_mlm
@@ -6,7 +14,13 @@ clean-local:
 	rm -f stream stream_mlm
 
 stream:
-	$(CXX) stream.c -o stream -I$(API_DIR) -L$(API_DIR) -larielapi
+	$(CXX_LOCAL) stream.c -o stream $(CFLAGS_LOCAL) -I$(API_DIR) -L$(API_DIR) -larielapi
 
 stream_mlm:
-	$(CXX) stream_malloc.c -o stream_mlm -I$(API_DIR) -L$(API_DIR) -larielapi
+	$(CXX_LOCAL) stream_malloc.c -o stream_mlm $(CFLAGS_LOCAL) -I$(API_DIR) -L$(API_DIR) -larielapi
+
+print-compiler:
+	@echo "compiler: $(CXX_LOCAL)"
+	@echo "compiler: $(ARIEL_MPICXX)"
+
+AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY=1