diff --git a/LCS/Transport/include/Transport/TH_MPI.h b/LCS/Transport/include/Transport/TH_MPI.h
index 314af9d4a3b6aac5551e05479bc2f5ad8bb326df..22d65ee4c4b60e526d3dfa873a26795127e3165a 100644
--- a/LCS/Transport/include/Transport/TH_MPI.h
+++ b/LCS/Transport/include/Transport/TH_MPI.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <Transport/TransportHolder.h>
 #include <Common/lofar_deque.h>
 #include <Common/lofar_list.h>
+#define MPICH_IGNORE_CXX_SEEK
 #include <mpi.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MPE