diff --git a/mumps.changes b/mumps.changes
index 5d24a39..2cf3869 100644
--- a/mumps.changes
+++ b/mumps.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Apr  3 14:24:22 UTC 2019 - Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>
+
+- added version flavor to scotch-openmpi[23] (bsc#1131426)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Feb 27 22:08:16 UTC 2019 - Egbert Eich <eich@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/mumps.spec b/mumps.spec
index 2beab90..0357d9d 100644
--- a/mumps.spec
+++ b/mumps.spec
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ ExclusiveArch:  do_not_build
 
 %if "%{flavor}" == "scotch-openmpi2"
 %define mpi_family  openmpi
+%define mpi_ver 2
 %define mumps_f77_mpilibs -lmpi_mpifh -lmpi
 %bcond_with hpc
 %bcond_without scotch
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ ExclusiveArch:  do_not_build
 
 %if "%{flavor}" == "scotch-openmpi3"
 %define mpi_family  openmpi
+%define mpi_ver 3
 %define mumps_f77_mpilibs -lmpi_mpifh -lmpi
 %bcond_with hpc
 %bcond_without scotch