diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c396403579..a12a71b6fd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -498,6 +498,28 @@ ELSE()
   SET(ALBANY_SEACAS FALSE)
 ENDIF()
 
+# Check whether Exodus can access a file in parallel
+include(CheckCSourceCompiles)
+set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${${PROJECT_NAME}_EXTRA_LINK_FLAGS})
+set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES  ${Trilinos_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+check_c_source_compiles(
+  "
+  #include <exodusII_par.h>
+  int main()
+  {
+    return 0;
+  }
+  "
+  PARALLEL_EXODUS_SUPPORTED
+  )
+  
+IF (PARALLEL_EXODUS_SUPPORTED)
+  SET(ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS TRUE)
+  MESSAGE("-- ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS set to True")
+ELSE()
+  SET(ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS FALSE)
+  MESSAGE("-- ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS set to False")
+ENDIF()
 
 ##########################################
 ### Check Albany configuration options ###
diff --git a/tests/small/CahnHillElast2D/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/small/CahnHillElast2D/CMakeLists.txt
index 82156da3d9..377aaef1ff 100644
--- a/tests/small/CahnHillElast2D/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/small/CahnHillElast2D/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if (ALBANY_IOPX)
+if (ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS)
   # Name the test with the directory name
   get_filename_component(testNameRoot ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} NAME)
 
@@ -22,4 +22,4 @@ if (ALBANY_IOPX)
     add_test(${testName} ${Albany.exe} inputT_tempus.yaml)
     set_tests_properties(${testName} PROPERTIES LABELS "Demo;Tpetra;Forward")
   endif()
-endif(ALBANY_IOPX)
+endif(ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS)
diff --git a/tests/small/Ioss2D/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/small/Ioss2D/CMakeLists.txt
index 0bc05be880..9a054da5cc 100644
--- a/tests/small/Ioss2D/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/small/Ioss2D/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ endif()
 ###      Serial input tests      ###
 ####################################
 
-if (ALBANY_IOPX)
+if (ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS)
   set(testName ${testNameRoot}_SerialInput)
   if (ALBANY_EPETRA)
     configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/input_Serial.yaml
diff --git a/tests/small/LandIce/Enthalpy/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/small/LandIce/Enthalpy/CMakeLists.txt
index c211579356..d9ab6c9454 100644
--- a/tests/small/LandIce/Enthalpy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/small/LandIce/Enthalpy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 get_filename_component(testName ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} NAME)
 
-if (ALBANY_IOPX)
+if (ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS)
   set (USE_SERIAL_MESH "true")
 else ()
   # If there's no Iopx, we *must* have ALBANY_DECOMP defined (to decompose the mesh)
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ endif()
 # Create the test
 add_test(${testName}_Humboldt ${Albany.exe} input_enthalpy_humboldt.yaml)
 # If Iopx is not present, we must decompose the input mesh first
-if (NOT ALBANY_IOPX AND ALBANY_MPI)
+if (NOT ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS AND ALBANY_MPI)
     add_test (NAME FO_GIS_HUMBOLDT_decompMesh
             COMMAND ${SEACAS_DECOMP} -processors ${MPIMNP} humboldt_2d.exo
             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../AsciiMeshes/Humboldt)
diff --git a/tests/small/LandIce/FO_AIS/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/small/LandIce/FO_AIS/CMakeLists.txt
index 97c109d90a..bd4c33864c 100644
--- a/tests/small/LandIce/FO_AIS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/small/LandIce/FO_AIS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 get_filename_component(testNameRoot ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}_16km NAME)
 
 # This variable will be set in the input files during the 'configure_file' call
-if (ALBANY_IOPX)
+if (ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS)
   set (USE_SERIAL_MESH "true")
 else ()
   # If there's no Iopx, we *must* have ALBANY_DECOMP defined (to decompose the mesh)
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/basal_friction_reg.ascii
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/surface_velocity.ascii
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/surface_velocity.ascii COPYONLY)
                  
-if (NOT ALBANY_IOPX AND ALBANY_MPI)
+if (NOT ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS AND ALBANY_MPI)
   add_test (NAME FO_AIS_decompMesh
         COMMAND ${SEACAS_DECOMP} -processors ${MPIMNP} antarctica_2d.exo
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ if (ALBANY_EPETRA)
                  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/inputML.yaml)
   add_test(${testNameRoot}_ML ${Albany8.exe} inputML.yaml)
     
-  if (NOT ALBANY_IOPX AND ALBANY_MPI)
+  if (NOT ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS AND ALBANY_MPI)
     set_tests_properties(${testNameRoot}_ML
                      PROPERTIES
                      LABELS            "LandIce;Epetra;Forward"
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ if(ALBANY_MUELU)
                  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/inputMueLu.yaml)
   add_test(${testNameRoot}_MueLu ${Albany8.exe} inputMueLu.yaml)
     
-  if (NOT ALBANY_IOPX AND ALBANY_MPI)
+  if (NOT ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS AND ALBANY_MPI)
     set_tests_properties(${testNameRoot}_MueLuShortList
                      PROPERTIES
                      LABELS            "LandIce;Tpetra;Forward"
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ endif()
 #   configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/input_FROSch.yaml
 #                  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/input_FROSch.yaml)
 #   add_test(${testNameRoot}_FROSch ${Albany8.exe} input_FROSch.yaml)
-#   if (NOT ALBANY_IOPX AND ALBANY_MPI)
+#   if (NOT ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS AND ALBANY_MPI)
 #     set_tests_properties(${testNameRoot}_FROSch
 #                      PROPERTIES
 #                      LABELS            "LandIce;Tpetra;Forward"
diff --git a/tests/small/LandIce/FO_GIS/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/small/LandIce/FO_GIS/CMakeLists.txt
index 588760cac1..8d83e67349 100644
--- a/tests/small/LandIce/FO_GIS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/small/LandIce/FO_GIS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 get_filename_component(testNameRoot ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} NAME)
 
 # This variable will be set in the input files during the 'configure_file' call
-if (ALBANY_IOPX)
+if (ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS)
   set (USE_SERIAL_MESH "true")
 #IKT 5/22/19 - commenting out for now as this is leading to compilation error
 else ()
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ set (testName ${testNameRoot}_Import2DAsciiMesh)
 configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/input_create_exo_from_msh.yaml
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/input_create_exo_from_msh.yaml)
  
-IF (ALBANY_IOPX AND ALBANY_MPI)
+IF (ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS AND ALBANY_MPI)
   add_test(${testName} ${Albany.exe} input_create_exo_from_msh.yaml)  
   set_tests_properties(${testName}
                        PROPERTIES
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/input_fo_gis_populate_meshes.yaml
 
 add_test(${testName} ${Albany.exe} input_fo_gis_populate_meshes.yaml)
 # If Iopx is not present, we must decompose the input mesh first
-IF (NOT ALBANY_IOPX AND ALBANY_MPI)
+IF (NOT ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS AND ALBANY_MPI)
   add_test (NAME FO_GIS_decompMesh
             COMMAND ${SEACAS_DECOMP} -processors ${MPIMNP} gis_unstruct_2d.exo
             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../ExoMeshes)
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if (ALBANY_IFPACK2)
                        FIXTURES_REQUIRED PopulateMeshes)
 endif()
 
-if (NOT ALBANY_IOPX AND ALBANY_MPI)
+if (NOT ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS AND ALBANY_MPI)
   add_test (NAME FO_GIS_HUMBOLDT_decompMesh
         COMMAND ${SEACAS_DECOMP} -processors ${MPIMNP} humboldt_2d.exo
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../AsciiMeshes/Humboldt)
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ if (ALBANY_FROSCH)
                  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/input_fo_humboldt_frosch_effect_press.yaml)
   add_test(${testNameRoot}_Humboldt_effectPress_Tpetra_FROSch ${Albany.exe} input_fo_humboldt_frosch_effect_press.yaml)
 
-  if (NOT ALBANY_IOPX AND ALBANY_MPI)
+  if (NOT ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS AND ALBANY_MPI)
     set_tests_properties(${testNameRoot}_Humboldt_Tpetra_FROSch
                        PROPERTIES
                        LABELS            "LandIce;Epetra;Forward"
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ if (ALBANY_MUELU)
                  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/input_fo_humboldt_muelu.yaml)
   add_test(${testNameRoot}_Humboldt_Tpetra_MueLu ${Albany.exe} input_fo_humboldt_muelu.yaml)
 
-  if (NOT ALBANY_IOPX AND ALBANY_MPI)
+  if (NOT ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS AND ALBANY_MPI)
     set_tests_properties(${testNameRoot}_Humboldt_Tpetra_MueLu
                        PROPERTIES
                        LABELS            "LandIce;Epetra;Forward"
diff --git a/tests/small/LandIce/FO_Hydrology/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/small/LandIce/FO_Hydrology/CMakeLists.txt
index af4f1b4963..90af660ded 100644
--- a/tests/small/LandIce/FO_Hydrology/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/small/LandIce/FO_Hydrology/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 get_filename_component(testNameRoot ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} NAME)
 
 # This variable will be set in the input files during the 'configure_file' call
-if (ALBANY_IOPX)
+if (ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS)
   set (USE_SERIAL_MESH "true")
 #IKT 5/22/19 - commenting out for now as this is leading to compilation error
 else ()
diff --git a/tests/small/LandIce/FO_Thermo/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/small/LandIce/FO_Thermo/CMakeLists.txt
index 45db6a717e..bd5f7775a4 100644
--- a/tests/small/LandIce/FO_Thermo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/small/LandIce/FO_Thermo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 get_filename_component(testNameRoot ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} NAME)
 
-if (ALBANY_IOPX)
+if (ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS)
   set (USE_SERIAL_MESH "true")
 else ()
   # If there's no Iopx, we *must* have ALBANY_DECOMP defined (to decompose the mesh)
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if (ALBANY_EPETRA)
   set (testName ${testNameRoot}_Humboldt_fluxDiv)
   add_test(${testName} ${Albany.exe} input_FO_Thermo_Humboldt_fluxDiv.yaml)
   # If Iopx is not present, we must decompose the input mesh first
-  if (NOT ALBANY_IOPX AND ALBANY_MPI)
+  if (NOT ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS AND ALBANY_MPI)
     add_test (NAME FO_GIS_HUMBOLDT_decompMesh
             COMMAND ${SEACAS_DECOMP} -processors ${MPIMNP} humboldt_2d.exo
             WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../AsciiMeshes/Humboldt)
diff --git a/tests/small/SteadyHeatConstrainedOpt2D/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/small/SteadyHeatConstrainedOpt2D/CMakeLists.txt
index ac9b7f6aff..ed0690ff9f 100644
--- a/tests/small/SteadyHeatConstrainedOpt2D/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/small/SteadyHeatConstrainedOpt2D/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/input_conductivity_dist_paramT.yaml
 add_test(${testName}_Tpetra ${Albany.exe} input_conductivity_dist_paramT.yaml)
 set_tests_properties(${testName}_Tpetra PROPERTIES LABELS "Basic;Tpetra;Forward")
 
-if (ALBANY_IOPX)
+if (ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS)
   # Copy Input file from source to binary dir
   configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/input_conductivity_dist_param_restartT.yaml
                  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/input_conductivity_dist_param_restartT.yaml COPYONLY)
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ if (ALBANY_EPETRA)
   add_test(${testName}_Epetra ${Albany.exe} input_conductivity_dist_param.yaml)
   set_tests_properties(${testName}_Epetra PROPERTIES LABELS "Basic;Epetra;Forward")
 
-  if (ALBANY_IOPX)
+  if (ALBANY_PARALELL_EXODUS)
     # Copy Input file from source to binary dir
     configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/input_conductivity_dist_param_restart.yaml
                    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/input_conductivity_dist_param_restart.yaml COPYONLY)