diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 8c2675da9e0c637ee34456dd1eee153e073e67af..c1fd500bf9d0c150dd9306938720c50d9043ba6e 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -185,6 +185,9 @@
 /* Define to 1 for running on a Cray in native mode without ALPS */
 #undef HAVE_NATIVE_CRAY
 
+/* Define to 1 if alpscomm functions new to CLE 5.2UP01 are defined */
+#undef HAVE_NATIVE_CRAY_GA
+
 /* Define to 1 if you have the <ncurses.h> header file. */
 #undef HAVE_NCURSES_H
 
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 4a69c89182c6bfed388a6f607d1cf26c70dd9231..3861dcb21c6c23312e3bab71324925553e3f79b3 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -21917,6 +21917,68 @@ else
 fi
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+
+      # See if we have 5.2UP01 alpscomm functions
+      { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for library containing alpsc_get_topology" >&5
+$as_echo_n "checking for library containing alpsc_get_topology... " >&6; }
+if ${ac_cv_search_alpsc_get_topology+:} false; then :
+  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
+else
+  ac_func_search_save_LIBS=$LIBS
+cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+/* end confdefs.h.  */
+
+/* Override any GCC internal prototype to avoid an error.
+   Use char because int might match the return type of a GCC
+   builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C"
+#endif
+char alpsc_get_topology ();
+int
+main ()
+{
+return alpsc_get_topology ();
+  ;
+  return 0;
+}
+_ACEOF
+for ac_lib in '' alpscomm_sn; do
+  if test -z "$ac_lib"; then
+    ac_res="none required"
+  else
+    ac_res=-l$ac_lib
+    LIBS="-l$ac_lib  $ac_func_search_save_LIBS"
+  fi
+  if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
+  ac_cv_search_alpsc_get_topology=$ac_res
+fi
+rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+    conftest$ac_exeext
+  if ${ac_cv_search_alpsc_get_topology+:} false; then :
+  break
+fi
+done
+if ${ac_cv_search_alpsc_get_topology+:} false; then :
+
+else
+  ac_cv_search_alpsc_get_topology=no
+fi
+rm conftest.$ac_ext
+LIBS=$ac_func_search_save_LIBS
+fi
+{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_search_alpsc_get_topology" >&5
+$as_echo "$ac_cv_search_alpsc_get_topology" >&6; }
+ac_res=$ac_cv_search_alpsc_get_topology
+if test "$ac_res" != no; then :
+  test "$ac_res" = "none required" || LIBS="$ac_res $LIBS"
+
+$as_echo "#define HAVE_NATIVE_CRAY_GA 1" >>confdefs.h
+
+fi
+
+
+
       LIBS="$saved_LIBS"
       CPPFLAGS="$saved_CPPFLAGS"