diff --git a/components/mpi-families/openmpi/SPECS/openmpi.spec b/components/mpi-families/openmpi/SPECS/openmpi.spec
index e22a0038d5..ffa07fb9cb 100644
--- a/components/mpi-families/openmpi/SPECS/openmpi.spec
+++ b/components/mpi-families/openmpi/SPECS/openmpi.spec
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 %{!?with_lustre: %define with_lustre 0}
 %{!?with_slurm: %define with_slurm 0}
 %{!?with_tm: %global with_tm 1}
-%{!?with_pmix: %define with_pmix 0}
+%{!?with_pmix: %define with_pmix 1}
 %{!?with_ofi: %define with_ofi 1}
 %{!?with_ucx: %define with_ucx 1}