diff --git a/charm4py/charm.py b/charm4py/charm.py
index a328f0d8..c834b0c7 100644
--- a/charm4py/charm.py
+++ b/charm4py/charm.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 from . import reduction
 from . import wait
 import array
+sys.setdlopenflags(os.RTLD_NOW | os.RTLD_GLOBAL)
 try:
     import numpy
 except ImportError:
@@ -106,11 +107,11 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.options.interactive.verbose = 1
         self.options.interactive.broadcast_imports = True
 
-        if 'OMPI_COMM_WORLD_SIZE' in os.environ:
-            # this is needed for OpenMPI, see:
-            # https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/wiki/Linkers
-            import ctypes
-            self.__libmpi__ = ctypes.CDLL('libmpi.so', mode=ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
+        #if 'OMPI_COMM_WORLD_SIZE' in os.environ:
+        #    # this is needed for OpenMPI, see:
+        #    # https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/wiki/Linkers
+        #    import ctypes
+        #    self.__libmpi__ = ctypes.CDLL('libmpi.so', mode=ctypes.RTLD_GLOBAL)
         self.lib = load_charm_library(self)
         self.ReducerType = self.lib.ReducerType
         self.CkContributeToChare = self.lib.CkContributeToChare