diff --git a/CMake/variants/variants.cbt001 b/CMake/variants/variants.cbt001
index 6a5ea2170b3d43476b2f32d427db3f75976b7191..3cbf38ef34042b477967f8ef023d44fcc28b8800 100644
--- a/CMake/variants/variants.cbt001
+++ b/CMake/variants/variants.cbt001
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ option(USE_CUDA      "Use CUDA"      ON)
 set(CASACORE_ROOT_DIR /localhome/lofar/casacore-1.7.0)
 set(MPI_ROOT_DIR /opt/openmpi)
 set(DAL_ROOT_DIR /localhome/lofar/DAL)
+set(QPID_ROOT_DIR /localhome/lofar/qpid)
 set(VALGRIND_ROOT_DIR       /globalhome/lofarsystem/cobalt-root)
 
 #set(GNU_C         /globalhome/amesfoort/cbtroot/bin/gcc-4.8)