diff --git a/FDTD/openems_fdtd_mpi.cpp b/FDTD/openems_fdtd_mpi.cpp
index 3b1d570..83a20ce 100644
--- a/FDTD/openems_fdtd_mpi.cpp
+++ b/FDTD/openems_fdtd_mpi.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,26 @@ openEMS_FDTD_MPI::~openEMS_FDTD_MPI()
 	m_Output=NULL;
 }
 
+string openEMS_FDTD_MPI::GetExtLibsInfo()
+{
+	stringstream str;
+
+	str << openEMS::GetExtLibsInfo();
+
+	// MPI
+	str << "\t\t" << "MPI version: " << MPI_VERSION << "." << MPI_SUBVERSION << " -- compiled against: ";
+#ifdef MPICH2_VERSION
+	str << "MPICH2 " MPICH2_VERSION << endl;
+#endif
+
+#ifdef OMPI_MAJOR_VERSION
+	str << "openMPI: " OMPI_MAJOR_VERSION << "." << OMPI_MINOR_VERSION << "." << OMPI_RELEASE_VERSION << endl;
+#endif
+
+	return str.str();
+}
+
+
 bool openEMS_FDTD_MPI::parseCommandLineArgument( const char *argv )
 {
 	if (!argv)
diff --git a/FDTD/openems_fdtd_mpi.h b/FDTD/openems_fdtd_mpi.h
index efa84fe..a281914 100644
--- a/FDTD/openems_fdtd_mpi.h
+++ b/FDTD/openems_fdtd_mpi.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public:
 
 	virtual bool parseCommandLineArgument( const char *argv );
 
+	static string GetExtLibsInfo();
+
 protected:
 	Operator_MPI* m_MPI_Op;
 	CSRectGrid* m_Original_Grid;
diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index ea3101d..9ecc1f5 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,11 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	cout << " | openEMS " << bits << " -- version " GIT_VERSION << endl;
 	cout << " | (C) 2010 Thorsten Liebig <thorsten.liebig@gmx.de>  GPL license" << endl;
 	cout << " -------------------------------------------------------------------- " << endl;
+#ifdef MPI_SUPPORT
+	cout << openEMS_FDTD_MPI::GetExtLibsInfo() << endl;
+#else
 	cout << openEMS::GetExtLibsInfo() << endl;
+#endif
 
 	if (argc<=1)
 	{
@@ -75,12 +79,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		cout << "\t--debug-boxes\t\tDump e.g. probe boxes to vtk file for debugging" << endl;
 		cout << "\t--debug-CSX\t\tWrite CSX geometry file to debugCSX.xml" << endl;
 		cout << "\t--engine=<type>\t\tChoose engine type" << endl;
-		cout << "\t\t--engine=fastest\t\tfastest available engine" << endl;
+		cout << "\t\t--engine=fastest\t\tfastest available engine (default)" << endl;
 		cout << "\t\t--engine=sse\t\t\tengine using sse vector extensions" << endl;
 		cout << "\t\t--engine=sse_compressed\t\tengine using compressed operator + sse vector extensions" << endl;
-		cout << "\t\t--engine=multithreaded\t\tengine using compressed operator + sse vector extensions + multithreading" << endl;
 #ifdef MPI_SUPPORT
-		cout << "\t\t--engine=MPI\t\tengine using compressed operator + sse vector extensions + MPI parallel processing" << endl;
+		cout << "\t\t--engine=MPI\t\t\tengine using compressed operator + sse vector extensions + MPI parallel processing" << endl;
+		cout << "\t\t--engine=multithreaded\t\tengine using compressed operator + sse vector extensions + MPI + multithreading" << endl;
+#else
+		cout << "\t\t--engine=multithreaded\t\tengine using compressed operator + sse vector extensions + multithreading" << endl;
 #endif
 		cout << "\t--numThreads=<n>\tForce use n threads for multithreaded engine (needs: --engine=multithreaded)" << endl;
 		cout << "\t--no-simulation\tonly run preprocessing; do not simulate" << endl;