diff --git a/autoconf_share/variants.lofar17 b/autoconf_share/variants.lofar17
index 67898bd4567fdb65a8e081355db1ce5bd3ee9c37..f5910b5695856989e952904c4914ad7be6fa1fbf 100644
--- a/autoconf_share/variants.lofar17
+++ b/autoconf_share/variants.lofar17
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 gnu3.compiler.conf: CXX="$CCACHE /usr/bin/g++"
 gnu3.compiler.aipspp.var: --with-aipspp=/lofarbuild/aips++/weekly/linux_gnu
+gnu3.compiler.sse.var:    --without-sse
 
 gnu.compiler.conf: CXX="$CCACHE /usr/bin/g++"
 gnu.compiler.aipspp.var: --with-aipspp=/lofarbuild/aips++/weekly/linux_gnu
+gnu.compiler.sse.var:    --without-sse
 
 gnu34.compiler.conf: CXX="$CCACHE /usr/local/gcc343/bin/g++" --with-ldflags="-Wl,--rpath,/usr/local/gcc343/lib" 
 gnu34.compiler.aipspp.var: --with-aipspp=/lofarbuild/aips++/weekly/linux_gnu34