diff --git a/source/adios2/engine/bp5/BP5Reader.cpp b/source/adios2/engine/bp5/BP5Reader.cpp
index fd2f4c33db..79c32fd0c2 100644
--- a/source/adios2/engine/bp5/BP5Reader.cpp
+++ b/source/adios2/engine/bp5/BP5Reader.cpp
@@ -467,13 +467,15 @@ void BP5Reader::Init()
 
     //  This isn't how we'll trigger remote ops in the end, but a temporary
     //  solution
+    bool RowMajorOrdering = (m_IO.m_ArrayOrder == ArrayOrdering::RowMajor);
     if (!m_Parameters.RemoteDataPath.empty())
     {
-        m_Remote.Open("localhost", 26200, m_Parameters.RemoteDataPath, m_OpenMode);
+        m_Remote.Open("localhost", 26200, m_Parameters.RemoteDataPath, m_OpenMode,
+                      RowMajorOrdering);
     }
     else if (getenv("DoRemote"))
     {
-        m_Remote.Open("localhost", 26200, m_Name, m_OpenMode);
+        m_Remote.Open("localhost", 26200, m_Name, m_OpenMode, RowMajorOrdering);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/Remote.cpp b/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/Remote.cpp
index 9f8937e1aa..13f46dbdc7 100644
--- a/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/Remote.cpp
+++ b/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/Remote.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ void Remote::InitCMData()
 }
 
 void Remote::Open(const std::string hostname, const int32_t port, const std::string filename,
-                  const Mode mode)
+                  const Mode mode, bool RowMajorOrdering)
 {
 
     RemoteCommon::_OpenFileMsg open_msg;
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ void Remote::Open(const std::string hostname, const int32_t port, const std::str
         break;
     }
     open_msg.OpenResponseCondition = CMCondition_get(ev_state.cm, m_conn);
+    open_msg.RowMajorOrder = RowMajorOrdering;
     CMCondition_set_client_data(ev_state.cm, open_msg.OpenResponseCondition, (void *)this);
     CMwrite(m_conn, ev_state.OpenFileFormat, &open_msg);
     CMCondition_wait(ev_state.cm, open_msg.OpenResponseCondition);
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ bool Remote::WaitForGet(GetHandle handle) { return CMCondition_wait(ev_state.cm,
 #else
 
 void Remote::Open(const std::string hostname, const int32_t port, const std::string filename,
-                  const Mode mode){};
+                  const Mode mode, bool RowMajorOrdering){};
 
 void Remote::OpenSimpleFile(const std::string hostname, const int32_t port,
                             const std::string filename){};
diff --git a/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/Remote.h b/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/Remote.h
index 0858f0654d..f6b16bd304 100644
--- a/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/Remote.h
+++ b/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/Remote.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Remote
     explicit operator bool() const { return m_Active; }
 
     void Open(const std::string hostname, const int32_t port, const std::string filename,
-              const Mode mode);
+              const Mode mode, bool RowMajorOrdering);
 
     void OpenSimpleFile(const std::string hostname, const int32_t port, const std::string filename);
 
diff --git a/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_common.cpp b/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_common.cpp
index 9bb15a55c7..8e69f4df69 100644
--- a/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_common.cpp
+++ b/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_common.cpp
@@ -6,11 +6,13 @@ namespace adios2
 namespace RemoteCommon
 {
 
-FMField OpenFileList[] = {{"OpenResponseCondition", "integer", sizeof(long),
-                           FMOffset(OpenFileMsg, OpenResponseCondition)},
-                          {"FileName", "string", sizeof(char *), FMOffset(OpenFileMsg, FileName)},
-                          {"Mode", "integer", sizeof(RemoteFileMode), FMOffset(OpenFileMsg, Mode)},
-                          {NULL, NULL, 0, 0}};
+FMField OpenFileList[] = {
+    {"OpenResponseCondition", "integer", sizeof(long),
+     FMOffset(OpenFileMsg, OpenResponseCondition)},
+    {"FileName", "string", sizeof(char *), FMOffset(OpenFileMsg, FileName)},
+    {"Mode", "integer", sizeof(RemoteFileMode), FMOffset(OpenFileMsg, Mode)},
+    {"RowMajorOrder", "integer", sizeof(RemoteFileMode), FMOffset(OpenFileMsg, RowMajorOrder)},
+    {NULL, NULL, 0, 0}};
 
 FMStructDescRec OpenFileStructs[] = {{"OpenFile", OpenFileList, sizeof(struct _OpenFileMsg), NULL},
                                      {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}};
diff --git a/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_common.h b/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_common.h
index 81d303f490..48102e7b2d 100644
--- a/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_common.h
+++ b/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_common.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ typedef struct _OpenFileMsg
     int OpenResponseCondition;
     char *FileName;
     RemoteFileMode Mode;
+    int RowMajorOrder;
 } *OpenFileMsg;
 
 typedef struct _OpenResponseMsg
diff --git a/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_server.cpp b/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_server.cpp
index 9d640017f4..27a070a43a 100644
--- a/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_server.cpp
+++ b/source/adios2/toolkit/remote/remote_server.cpp
@@ -74,12 +74,14 @@ class AnonADIOSFile
     size_t m_BytesSent = 0;
     size_t m_OperationCount = 0;
     RemoteFileMode m_mode = RemoteCommon::RemoteFileMode::RemoteOpen;
-    AnonADIOSFile(std::string FileName, RemoteCommon::RemoteFileMode mode)
+    AnonADIOSFile(std::string FileName, RemoteCommon::RemoteFileMode mode, bool RowMajorArrays)
     {
         Mode adios_read_mode = adios2::Mode::Read;
         m_FileName = FileName;
         m_IOname = lf_random_string();
-        m_io = &adios.DeclareIO(m_IOname);
+        ArrayOrdering ArrayOrder =
+            RowMajorArrays ? ArrayOrdering::RowMajor : ArrayOrdering::ColumnMajor;
+        m_io = &adios.DeclareIO(m_IOname, ArrayOrder);
         m_mode = mode;
         if (m_mode == RemoteOpenRandomAccess)
             adios_read_mode = adios2::Mode::ReadRandomAccess;
@@ -163,7 +165,8 @@ static void OpenHandler(CManager cm, CMConnection conn, void *vevent, void *clie
     struct Remote_evpath_state *ev_state = static_cast<struct Remote_evpath_state *>(client_data);
     _OpenResponseMsg open_response_msg;
     std::cout << "Got an open request for file " << open_msg->FileName << std::endl;
-    AnonADIOSFile *f = new AnonADIOSFile(open_msg->FileName, open_msg->Mode);
+    AnonADIOSFile *f =
+        new AnonADIOSFile(open_msg->FileName, open_msg->Mode, open_msg->RowMajorOrder);
     memset(&open_response_msg, 0, sizeof(open_response_msg));
     open_response_msg.FileHandle = f->m_ID;
     open_response_msg.OpenResponseCondition = open_msg->OpenResponseCondition;