diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py
index d0dd2d657ff26c58a61c164c76f8a170093aa36c..c656f78dab8e22e7db6cda79c50f9a7e32873ac1 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-from spack import *
 import os
 
+from spack import *
+
+
 class Openmpi(Package):
     """Open MPI is a project combining technologies and resources from
        several other projects (FT-MPI, LA-MPI, LAM/MPI, and PACX-MPI)
@@ -26,17 +28,26 @@ class Openmpi(Package):
     patch('configure.patch', when="@1.10.0:1.10.1")
 
     variant('psm', default=False, description='Build support for the PSM library.')
-    variant('pmi', default=True, description='Build support for PMI-based launchers')
+    variant('psm2', default=False, description='Build support for the Intel PSM2 library.')
+    variant('pmi', default=False, description='Build support for PMI-based launchers')
     variant('verbs', default=False, description='Build support for OpenFabrics verbs.')
+    variant('mxm', default=False, description='Build Mellanox Messaging support')
+
+    variant('thread_multiple', default=False, description='Enable MPI_THREAD_MULTIPLE support')
 
-    # TODO : variant support for other schedulers is missing
+    # TODO : variant support for alps, loadleveler  is missing
     variant('tm', default=False, description='Build TM (Torque, PBSPro, and compatible) support')
+    variant('slurm', default=False, description='Build SLURM scheduler component')
+
+    variant('sqlite3', default=False, description='Build sqlite3 support')
+
+    # TODO : support for CUDA is missing
 
     provides('mpi@:2.2', when='@1.6.5')
     provides('mpi@:3.0', when='@1.7.5:')
 
     depends_on('hwloc')
-
+    depends_on('sqlite', when='+sqlite3')
 
     def url_for_version(self, version):
         return "http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v%s/downloads/openmpi-%s.tar.bz2" % (version.up_to(2), version)
@@ -54,30 +65,35 @@ def setup_dependent_package(self, module, dep_spec):
         self.spec.mpifc  = join_path(self.prefix.bin, 'mpif90')
         self.spec.mpif77 = join_path(self.prefix.bin, 'mpif77')
 
+    @property
+    def verbs(self):
+        # Up through version 1.6, this option was previously named --with-openib
+        if self.spec.satisfies('@:1.6'):
+            return 'openib'
+        # In version 1.7, it was renamed to be --with-verbs
+        elif self.spec.satisfies('@1.7:'):
+            return 'verbs'
 
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         config_args = ["--prefix=%s" % prefix,
                        "--with-hwloc=%s" % spec['hwloc'].prefix,
                        "--enable-shared",
                        "--enable-static"]
-
-        # Variants
-        if '+tm' in spec:
-            config_args.append("--with-tm")  # necessary for Torque support
-
-        if '+psm' in spec:
-            config_args.append("--with-psm")
-
-        if '+pmi' in spec:
-            config_args.append("--with-pmi") #TODO: let user specify directory when possible
-
-        if '+verbs' in spec:
-            # Up through version 1.6, this option was previously named --with-openib
-            if spec.satisfies('@:1.6'):
-                config_args.append("--with-openib")
-            # In version 1.7, it was renamed to be --with-verbs
-            elif spec.satisfies('@1.7:'):
-                config_args.append("--with-verbs")
+        # Variant based arguments
+        config_args.extend([
+            # Schedulers
+            '--with-tm' if '+tm' in spec else '--without-tm',
+            '--with-slurm' if '+slurm' in spec else '--without-slurm',
+            # Fabrics
+            '--with-psm' if '+psm' in spec else '--without-psm',
+            '--with-psm2' if '+psm2' in spec else '--without-psm2',
+            ('--with-%s' % self.verbs) if '+verbs' in spec else ('--without-%s' % self.verbs),
+            '--with-mxm' if '+mxm' in spec else '--without-mxm',
+            # Other options
+            '--enable-mpi-thread-multiple' if '+thread_multiple' in spec else '--disable-mpi-thread-multiple',
+            '--with-pmi' if '+pmi' in spec else '--without-pmi',
+            '--with-sqlite3' if '+sqlite3' in spec else '--without-sqlite3'
+        ])
 
         # TODO: use variants for this, e.g. +lanl, +llnl, etc.
         # use this for LANL builds, but for LLNL builds, we need:
@@ -85,9 +101,6 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
         if self.version == ver("1.6.5") and '+lanl' in spec:
             config_args.append("--with-platform=contrib/platform/lanl/tlcc2/optimized-nopanasas")
 
-        # TODO: Spack should make it so that you can't actually find
-        # these compilers if they're "disabled" for the current
-        # compiler configuration.
         if not self.compiler.f77 and not self.compiler.fc:
             config_args.append("--enable-mpi-fortran=no")