diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index f94eca862e4b7c46e32ecec1c9f6ca98cbb88d54..fc32bfda7390f2ea638e1bb27afc1151f9a4d6cb 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2311,6 +2311,7 @@ CMake/testscripts/assay -text
 CMake/testscripts/checkfloat -text
 CMake/testscripts/default.debug -text
 CMake/testscripts/timeout -text
+CMake/variants/variants.MacRenting -text
 CMake/variants/variants.b7015 -text
 CMake/variants/variants.cbt001 -text
 CMake/variants/variants.cbt002 -text
diff --git a/CMake/variants/variants.MacRenting b/CMake/variants/variants.MacRenting
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..890e39c9faf6ab64ed5f405bb9131e2d5e0fe95c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMake/variants/variants.MacRenting
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+## $Id: variants 33283 2016-01-15 14:05:11Z schaap $
+
+option(USE_LOG4CPLUS            "Use Log4Cplus"               OFF)
+
+option(USE_OPENMP               "Use OpenMP"                  OFF)
+