diff --git a/kerncraft_coupling/kerncraft_interface.py b/kerncraft_coupling/kerncraft_interface.py
index 725e842e746cfc876da2f1c476a299de26a6c282..dace67b7a0a5c846bf7f88c2019d4b2cc1eae9ee 100644
--- a/kerncraft_coupling/kerncraft_interface.py
+++ b/kerncraft_coupling/kerncraft_interface.py
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ class PyStencilsKerncraftKernel(kerncraft.kernel.Kernel):
     
         return result, instrumented_asm_block
 
-    def build(self, lflags=None, verbose=False):
+    def build(self, lflags=None, verbose=False, openmp=False):
+        # TODO do we use openmp or not???
         compiler, compiler_args = self._machine.get_compiler()
         if '-std=c99' not in compiler_args:
             compiler_args.append('-std=c99')