diff --git a/src/sst/elements/ariel/frontend/simple/examples/stream/Makefile b/src/sst/elements/ariel/frontend/simple/examples/stream/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8a5049d7f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sst/elements/ariel/frontend/simple/examples/stream/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+API_DIR = ../../../../api
+
+all: stream stream_mlm
+
+clean:
+	rm -f stream stream_mlm
+
+stream:
+	g++ stream.c -o stream $(CFLAGS_LOCAL) -I$(API_DIR) -L$(API_DIR) -larielapi
+
+stream_mlm:
+	g++ stream_malloc.c -o stream_mlm $(CFLAGS_LOCAL) -I$(API_DIR) -L$(API_DIR) -larielapi
+
+AM_DEFAULT_VERBOSITY=1
diff --git a/src/sst/elements/ariel/tests/testMPI/Makefile b/src/sst/elements/ariel/tests/testMPI/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c1bae578d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sst/elements/ariel/tests/testMPI/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+all: hello reduce
+
+clean:
+	rm -f hello reduce
+
+API_DIR=../../api
+
+hello:
+	     mpicxx hello.cc -o hello -I$(API_DIR) -L$(API_DIR) -larielapi -fopenmp
+reduce:
+	     mpicxx reduce.cc -o reduce -I$(API_DIR) -L$(API_DIR) -larielapi -fopenmp