diff --git a/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-mpi-io.c b/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-mpi-io.c
index 005177d59f6a595860ef636e113653f260992d36..77853b4652da3ec5a2ab9a931a6179c065c8ee6f 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-mpi-io.c
+++ b/darshan-runtime/lib/darshan-mpi-io.c
@@ -2091,6 +2091,7 @@ static char* darshan_get_exe_and_mounts(struct darshan_job_runtime* final_job)
         "nfsd",
         "none",
         "rpc_pipefs",
+	"hugetlbfs",
         NULL
     };