diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e8e9f4ee87e1b00843e3677e6e9a9e29804d7ff3..f243eb6e9ce7d9b1884656000e55c7f07871d19f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ documents those changes that are of interest to users and admins.
     (e.g. Blue Gene)
  -- Fix srun bug when --input, --output and --error are all "none"
  -- Don't schedule jobs for user root if partition is DOWN
+ -- Modify select/bluegene to honor job's required node list
 
 * Changes in SLURM 0.4.0-pre3
 =============================
diff --git a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bluegene.c b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bluegene.c
index 23ecff3feaff18d42e7766f191f796bc4fa6af2f..dc3e3e4c761c5495ef47b3a607c82eeaffc3e3d4 100644
--- a/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bluegene.c
+++ b/src/plugins/select/bluegene/bluegene.c
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ _STMT_START {	\
 
  /** some local functions */
 static int  _copy_slurm_partition_list(List slurm_part_list);
-static int _find_best_partition_match(struct job_record* job_ptr, bitstr_t* slurm_part_bitmap,
-			       int min_nodes, int max_nodes,
-			       int spec, bgl_record_t** found_bgl_record);
+static int _find_best_partition_match(struct job_record* job_ptr, 
+				bitstr_t* slurm_part_bitmap,
+				int min_nodes, int max_nodes,
+				int spec, bgl_record_t** found_bgl_record);
 static int _parse_request(char* request_string, partition_t** request);
 static int _wire_bgl_partitions(void);
 static int _bgl_record_cmpf_inc(bgl_record_t* rec_a, bgl_record_t* rec_b);
@@ -698,7 +699,18 @@ static int _find_best_partition_match(struct job_record* job_ptr,
 		 * SLURM partition not available to this job.
 		 */
 		if (!bit_super_set(record->bitmap, slurm_part_bitmap)) {
-			debug("bgl partition %s has nodes not usable by this job", 
+			debug("bgl partition %s has nodes not usable by this "
+				"job", record->nodes);
+			continue;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * Insure that any required nodes are in this BGL partition
+		 */
+		if (job_ptr->details->req_node_bitmap
+		&& (!bit_super_set(job_ptr->details->req_node_bitmap,
+				record->bitmap))) {
+			info("bgl partition %s lacks required nodes",
 				record->nodes);
 			continue;
 		}