diff --git a/src/flib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/flib/CMakeLists.txt
index 42b70edb789..d70dae8a5d5 100644
--- a/src/flib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/flib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ endif ()
 
 # Include flib source and binary directories (for Fortran modules)
 target_include_directories (piof
+  PUBLIC ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}
   PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
   PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
diff --git a/src/flib/pio.F90 b/src/flib/pio.F90
index b4939e29060..75f46fc4758 100644
--- a/src/flib/pio.F90
+++ b/src/flib/pio.F90
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 !>
 !! @defgroup PIO_set_blocksize Box Rearranger Settings
 !! Set the box rearranger blocksize in Fortran.
+#include "config.h"
 
 module pio
 ! Package all exposed variables and functions under one roof
@@ -21,6 +22,9 @@ module pio
        pio_freedecomp, pio_syncfile, &
        pio_finalize, pio_set_hint, pio_getnumiotasks, pio_file_is_open, &
        PIO_deletefile, PIO_get_numiotasks, PIO_iotype_available, &
+!#ifdef NETCDF_INTEGRATION
+!       nf_init_intracom, &
+!#endif
        pio_set_rearr_opts
 
   use pio_types, only : io_desc_t, file_desc_t, var_desc_t, iosystem_desc_t, &
diff --git a/src/flib/piolib_mod.F90 b/src/flib/piolib_mod.F90
index 11319bb603c..0cd6292054c 100644
--- a/src/flib/piolib_mod.F90
+++ b/src/flib/piolib_mod.F90
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ module piolib_mod
        PIO_deletefile, &
        PIO_get_numiotasks, &
        PIO_iotype_available, &
+#ifdef NETCDF_INTEGRATION
+       nf_init_intracom, &
+#endif
        PIO_set_rearr_opts
 
   !-----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -133,6 +136,12 @@ module piolib_mod
      module procedure setframe
   end interface PIO_setframe
 
+#ifdef NETCDF_INTEGRATION
+  interface nf_init_intracom
+     module procedure nf_init_intracom
+  end interface nf_init_intracom
+#endif
+
   !>
   !! Increment the record number for a future read/write of distributed
   !! arrays (see @ref PIO_write_darray, @ref PIO_read_darray).
@@ -971,6 +980,59 @@ end function PIOc_Init_Intracomm_from_F90
 #endif
   end subroutine init_intracom
 
+#ifdef NETCDF_INTEGRATION
+  !>
+  !! @public
+  !! @ingroup PIO_init
+  !! Initialize the pio subsystem. This is a collective call. Input
+  !! parameters are read on comp_rank=0 values on other tasks are
+  !! ignored. This variation of PIO_init locates the IO tasks on a
+  !! subset of the compute tasks.
+  !!
+  !! @param comp_rank mpi rank of each participating task,
+  !! @param comp_comm the mpi communicator which defines the
+  !! collective.
+  !! @param num_iotasks the number of iotasks to define.
+  !! @param num_aggregator the mpi aggregator count
+  !! @param stride the stride in the mpi rank between io tasks.
+  !! @param rearr @copydoc PIO_rearr_method
+  !! @param iosystem a derived type which can be used in subsequent
+  !! pio operations (defined in PIO_types).
+  !! @param base @em optional argument can be used to offset the first
+  !! io task - default base is task 1.
+  !! @param rearr_opts the rearranger options.
+  !! @author Jim Edwards
+  !<
+  subroutine nf_init_intracom(comp_rank, comp_comm, num_iotasks, num_aggregator, stride,  rearr, iosystem,base, rearr_opts)
+    use pio_types, only : pio_internal_error, pio_rearr_opt_t
+    use iso_c_binding
+
+    integer(i4), intent(in) :: comp_rank
+    integer(i4), intent(in) :: comp_comm
+    integer(i4), intent(in) :: num_iotasks
+    integer(i4), intent(in) :: num_aggregator
+    integer(i4), intent(in) :: stride
+    integer(i4), intent(in) :: rearr
+    type (iosystem_desc_t), intent(out)  :: iosystem  ! io descriptor to initalize
+    integer(i4), intent(in),optional :: base
+    type (pio_rearr_opt_t), intent(in), optional :: rearr_opts
+    integer :: ierr
+
+    interface
+       integer(C_INT) function nc_set_iosystem(iosystemid) &
+            bind(C,name="nc_set_iosystem")
+         use iso_c_binding
+         integer(C_INT), intent(in), value :: iosystemid
+       end function nc_set_iosystem
+    end interface
+
+    call init_intracom(comp_rank, comp_comm, num_iotasks, num_aggregator, stride,  rearr, iosystem,base, rearr_opts)
+
+    ierr = nc_set_iosystem(iosystem%iosysid)
+
+  end subroutine nf_init_intracom
+#endif
+
   !! @public
   !! @ingroup PIO_init
   !! Initialize the pio subsystem. This is a collective call. Input