diff --git a/src/MNH/modd_precision.f90 b/src/MNH/modd_precision.f90
index 0d8b16a390fe987c3b165d3d98da575cb00442ce..a759ddf1f11072a20864f52cc148e8e3fa66d79d 100644
--- a/src/MNH/modd_precision.f90
+++ b/src/MNH/modd_precision.f90
@@ -54,8 +54,13 @@ integer, parameter :: MNHREAL128 = selected_real_kind( p = 33, r = 4931 )
 integer, parameter :: MNHINT32_MPI  = MPI_INTEGER4
 integer, parameter :: MNHINT64_MPI  = MPI_INTEGER8
 
+#ifdef MNH_NO_MPI_LOGICAL48
+integer, parameter :: MNHLOG32_MPI  = MPI_LOGICAL
+integer, parameter :: MNHLOG64_MPI  = MPI_LOGICAL
+#else
 integer, parameter :: MNHLOG32_MPI  = MPI_LOGICAL4
 integer, parameter :: MNHLOG64_MPI  = MPI_LOGICAL8
+#endif
 
 integer, parameter :: MNHREAL32_MPI  = MPI_REAL4
 integer, parameter :: MNHREAL64_MPI  = MPI_REAL8
diff --git a/src/Rules.LXifort.mk b/src/Rules.LXifort.mk
index 6920bf3a78d09b9f98bb89d160c8c324cdfb6156..41d28547b5d3d70030bf351c349fe56b93f2f788 100644
--- a/src/Rules.LXifort.mk
+++ b/src/Rules.LXifort.mk
@@ -137,13 +137,13 @@ CPPFLAGS_SURCOUCHE += -DMNH_USE_MPI_STATUSES_IGNORE
 endif
 else
 ifeq "$(VER_MPI)" "MPIINTEL"
+CPPFLAGS_SURCOUCHE += -DMNH_USE_MPI_STATUSES_IGNORE -DMNH_NO_MPI_LOGICAL48
 ifneq "$(findstring TAU,$(XYZ))" ""
 F90 = tau_f90.sh 
 export TAU_MAKEFILE?=/home/escj/PATCH/TAU/TAU-2.21.1-IFORT10-OMPI152-THREAD/x86_64/lib/Makefile.tau-mpi
 LIBS += -lz 
 else
 F90 = mpiifort
-CPPFLAGS_SURCOUCHE += -DMNH_USE_MPI_STATUSES_IGNORE
 endif
 ifeq "$(MNH_INT)" "8"
 OPT_BASE         += -ilp64