diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index afffabe1f55b77946da22012f6c6c5d1e415096b..e5fe3c6e44a1c14e226bde066dfc4751dad0be2c 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -2326,6 +2326,7 @@ CMake/testscripts/default.debug -text
 CMake/testscripts/timeout -text
 CMake/variants/variants.MacRenting -text
 CMake/variants/variants.b7015 -text
+CMake/variants/variants.buildhostcentos7 -text
 CMake/variants/variants.cbt001 -text
 CMake/variants/variants.cbt002 -text
 CMake/variants/variants.cbt003 -text
@@ -2341,6 +2342,7 @@ CMake/variants/variants.dragproc -text
 CMake/variants/variants.fs0 -text
 CMake/variants/variants.gpu01 -text
 CMake/variants/variants.gpu1 -text
+CMake/variants/variants.lcs157 -text
 CMake/variants/variants.lexar -text
 CMake/variants/variants.lexar001 -text
 CMake/variants/variants.lexar002 -text
diff --git a/CMake/variants/variants.buildhostcentos7 b/CMake/variants/variants.buildhostcentos7
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+++ b/CMake/variants/variants.buildhostcentos7
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+variants.lcs157
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diff --git a/CMake/variants/variants.lcs157 b/CMake/variants/variants.lcs157
new file mode 100644
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+# Station software and the like apparently cannot (yet) handle shared libs.
+option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries" OFF)
+
+#set(ENV{JAVA_HOME} /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0)
+#set(PVSS_ROOT_DIR /opt/pvss/pvss2_v3.7)
+set(PVSS_ROOT_DIR /opt/WinCC_OA/3.14)
+#set(LOG4CPLUS_ROOT_DIR "/usr/local/log4cplus")
+set(CASACORE_ROOT_DIR "/opt/casacore")
+set(QPID_ROOT_DIR /opt/qpid)
+
+#set(CTEST_CUSTOM_WARNING_EXCEPTION 
+#  "/boost/date_time/time_facet.hpp:[0-9]+: warning: unused parameter"
+#  "/boost/date_time/time.hpp:[0-9]+: warning: unused parameter"
+#  "/pvss2_v3.7/api/include/(Basics|Datapoint|Manager|Messages)/"
+#)