diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 88fbaecc2915e91471540a4caa75ef201417d9bd..dd4dc204b53eefbafb7a49ee84a3a4bece15d7f5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
 * Changes in Slurm 2.6.8
 ========================
  -- Add support for Torque/PBS job array options and environment variables.
+ -- CRAY/ALPS - Add support for CLE52
 
 * Changes in Slurm 2.6.7
 ========================
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/alps/libalps/do_query.c b/src/plugins/select/alps/libalps/do_query.c
index 8e58635ef7a1820c6b7b014f0a83b96aaeacd6b1..83cee399b048849791ada383aa2986af0c09eec5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/alps/libalps/do_query.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/alps/libalps/do_query.c
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ extern enum basil_version get_basil_version(void)
 	if (_get_alps_engine(engine_version, sizeof(engine_version)) == NULL)
 		fatal("can not determine ALPS Engine version");
 	else if ((strncmp(engine_version, "latest", 6) == 0) ||
+		 (strncmp(engine_version, "5.2", 3) == 0) ||
 		 (strncmp(engine_version, "5.1", 3) == 0))
 		bv = BV_5_1;
 	else if (strncmp(engine_version, "5.0", 3) == 0)