diff --git a/config/x86_64-redstorm b/config/x86_64-redstorm-linux-gnu
similarity index 100%
rename from config/x86_64-redstorm
rename to config/x86_64-redstorm-linux-gnu
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8109dc14f6..02bb200ff7 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2053,8 +2053,8 @@ fi
 
 
 case $host_alias in
-  tflops)
-    host_alias=i386-intel-osf1
+  redstorm)
+    host_alias=x86_64-redstorm-linux-gnu
     ;;
 esac
 
diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a907caf461..9fdcdd20dc 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ dnl configure is currently running by using the --host=foo flag.
 dnl For machines on which HDF5 is often configured, it can be convenient
 dnl to specify the name of the machine rather than its canonical type.
 case $host_alias in
-  tflops)
-    host_alias=i386-intel-osf1
+  redstorm)
+    host_alias=x86_64-redstorm-linux-gnu
     ;;
 esac