diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index d67975934b8fc7caa9dcaf4b17095b2111acbacf..f228616d2f2db6a5af867f4453af9a3c4b443074 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -1179,6 +1179,8 @@ SDP/SPP/VHDL/FFT/aukfft_twidrom.tdf -text
 SDP/SPP/VHDL/FFT/aukfft_twidrom_4k.tdf -text
 autoconf_share/lofar_pvss.m4 -text svneol=native#application/octet-stream
 autoconf_share/makeversion -text
+autoconf_share/variants.bgfen -text
+autoconf_share/variants.bgfen0 -text
 autoconf_share/variants.frontend-4 -text
 cmake/CMakeSettings.cmake -text
 cmake/FindBlitz.cmake -text
diff --git a/autoconf_share/variants.bgfen b/autoconf_share/variants.bgfen
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..09079512d4a9ba593b5732aef36af2aade0563b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autoconf_share/variants.bgfen
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#gnubgp.compiler.conf:  CC=/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/gnu-linux/bin/powerpc-bgp-linux-gcc CXX=/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/gnu-linux/bin/powerpc-bgp-linux-g++ CCAS=/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/gnu-linux/bin/powerpc-bgp-linux-gcc
+gnubgp.compiler.conf:   CC=/usr/bin/gcc CXX=/usr/bin/g++ CCAS=/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/gnu-linux/bin/powerpc-bgp-linux-gcc
+
+gnu.compiler.aipspp.var: --with-casacore=/cephome/romein/packages/casacore-0.3.0/stage --without-wcs
+
+bgp.variant.conf:       $(lofar_root) $(debugopt) $(nothreads) $(noshmem) $(bgp_cpp) $(bgp_ldd) --without-tinycep --without-log4cplus --with-bglmpich='/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/comm' --with-fftw2='/cephome/romein/packages/fftw-2.1.5-single-precision' --with-cppflags='-DHAVE_BGP -I/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/comm/include -I/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/arch/include'
+fpic.variant.conf:      $(debugopt) $(threads) $(aipspp) --without-log4cplus --with-cppflags='-fPIC' $(ion_searchpath) --with-ldflags='-L/bgl/lofar-utils/mass/lib' --with-libs='-lmass'
+
+
+bgp_cpp.var:            --with-cppflags='-DHAVE_BGP'
+bgp_ldd.var:            --with-ldflags='-L/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/comm/lib -L/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/runtime/SPI' --with-libs='-lcxxmpich.cnk -lmpich.cnk -ldcmfcoll.cnk -ldcmf.cnk -lpthread -lrt -lSPI.cna -lm'
+#bgp_ldd.var:           --with-ldflags='-L/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/comm/lib -L/bgsys/drivers/ppcfloor/runtime/SPI -L/opt/ibmcmp/vac/bg/9.0/bglib' --with-libs=' -lcxxmpich.cnk -lmpich.cnk -ldcmfcoll.cnk -ldcmf.cnk -lpthread -lrt -lSPI.cna -lxl -lm'
diff --git a/autoconf_share/variants.bgfen0 b/autoconf_share/variants.bgfen0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..24e111205bec1934382ac8c4a683ec25734a7dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/autoconf_share/variants.bgfen0
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+include variants.bgfen