diff --git a/darshan-runtime/darshan-base-ld-opts.in b/darshan-runtime/darshan-base-ld-opts.in
index 3f02f3316ac1b551a0c5194c726a5f75889f748c..63d34be4273b2667bb135fa9cc9bda411f9675da 100644
--- a/darshan-runtime/darshan-base-ld-opts.in
+++ b/darshan-runtime/darshan-base-ld-opts.in
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+--undefined=MPI_Init
+--undefined=MPI_Wtime
 @@darshan_share_path@/darshan-posix-ld-opts
 @@darshan_share_path@/darshan-hdf5-ld-opts
 @@darshan_share_path@/darshan-pnetcdf-ld-opts