force initialization of static struct

diff --git a/source/base/mpi.cc b/source/base/mpi.cc
index 47fd19e25543b713d0b7da7fd2b2648ca669fa7e..2a71e5c98857eff60894b394dfc0eb1655a481e4 100644 (file)
--- a/source/base/mpi.cc
+++ b/source/base/mpi.cc
@@ -786,6 +786,9 @@ namespace Utilities
 
 #endif
 
+    /* Force initialization of static struct: */
+    MPI_InitFinalize::Signals MPI_InitFinalize::signals =
+      MPI_InitFinalize::Signals();
 
 
     MPI_InitFinalize::MPI_InitFinalize(int &              argc,