diff --git a/travis/build_env.sh b/travis/build_env.sh
index eee5a5da44..eae94541ad 100755
--- a/travis/build_env.sh
+++ b/travis/build_env.sh
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ if [[ "$os" == "Linux" ]]; then
 
 	fi
 	if [[ "$FC" == "ifort" ]] || [[ "$FC" == "ifx" ]]; then
-	    $MYSUDO apt-get install -y intel-oneapi-compiler-fortran intel-oneapi-mkl intel-oneapi-compiler-dpcpp-cpp
+	    $MYSUDO apt-get install -y intel-oneapi-compiler-fortran intel-oneapi-mkl intel-oneapi-compiler-dpcpp-cpp  libfabric-bin libnuma1
 	    if [[ "$?" != 0 ]]; then
 		df -h
 		echo "intel-oneapi-compiler-fortran install failed: exit code " "${?}"
diff --git a/travis/nwchem.bashrc b/travis/nwchem.bashrc
index f37292ba2f..762276fe34 100644
--- a/travis/nwchem.bashrc
+++ b/travis/nwchem.bashrc
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ if [[ "$FC" == "ifort" ]] || [[ "$FC" == "ifx" ]] ; then
 	IONEAPI_ROOT=~/apps/oneapi
     else
 	IONEAPI_ROOT=/opt/intel/oneapi
+# fix runtime mpi_init error
+#	export FI_LOG_LEVEL=TRACE
+	export FI_PROVIDER=shm
+	echo "*** output of fi_info ***"
+	echo $(fi_info -l) || true
     fi
 #    source "$IONEAPI_ROOT"/compiler/latest/env/vars.sh
     source "$IONEAPI_ROOT"/setvars.sh --force