diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index efdbfa2840..24522b6480 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -316,6 +316,15 @@ if(PKG_ADIOS)
   # script that defines the MPI::MPI_C target
   enable_language(C)
   find_package(ADIOS2 REQUIRED)
+  if(BUILD_MPI)
+    if(NOT ADIOS2_HAVE_MPI)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "ADIOS2 must be built with MPI support when LAMMPS has MPI enabled")
+    endif()
+  else()
+    if(ADIOS2_HAVE_MPI)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "ADIOS2 must be built without MPI support when LAMMPS has MPI disabled")
+    endif()
+  endif()
   target_link_libraries(lammps PRIVATE adios2::adios2)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/ADIOS/dump_atom_adios.cpp b/src/ADIOS/dump_atom_adios.cpp
index a31f3f4f25..deee23ba41 100644
--- a/src/ADIOS/dump_atom_adios.cpp
+++ b/src/ADIOS/dump_atom_adios.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,11 @@ DumpAtomADIOS::DumpAtomADIOS(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) : DumpAtom(lmp,
 
   internal = new DumpAtomADIOSInternal();
   try {
+#if defined(MPI_STUBS)
+    internal->ad = new adios2::ADIOS("adios2_config.xml", adios2::DebugON);
+#else
     internal->ad = new adios2::ADIOS("adios2_config.xml", world, adios2::DebugON);
+#endif
   } catch (std::ios_base::failure &e) {
     error->all(FLERR, "ADIOS initialization failed with error: {}", e.what());
   }
@@ -84,11 +88,19 @@ void DumpAtomADIOS::openfile()
   if (multifile) {
     // if one file per timestep, replace '*' with current timestep
     auto filecurrent = utils::star_subst(filename, update->ntimestep, padflag);
+#if defined(MPI_STUBS)
+    internal->fh = internal->io.Open(filecurrent, adios2::Mode::Write);
+#else
     internal->fh = internal->io.Open(filecurrent, adios2::Mode::Write, world);
+#endif
     if (!internal->fh) error->one(FLERR, "Cannot open dump file {}", filecurrent);
   } else {
     if (!singlefile_opened) {
+#if defined(MPI_STUBS)
+      internal->fh = internal->io.Open(filename, adios2::Mode::Write);
+#else
       internal->fh = internal->io.Open(filename, adios2::Mode::Write, world);
+#endif
       if (!internal->fh) error->one(FLERR, "Cannot open dump file {}", filename);
       singlefile_opened = 1;
     }
diff --git a/src/ADIOS/dump_custom_adios.cpp b/src/ADIOS/dump_custom_adios.cpp
index 194141c15a..be827f507d 100644
--- a/src/ADIOS/dump_custom_adios.cpp
+++ b/src/ADIOS/dump_custom_adios.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,11 @@ DumpCustomADIOS::DumpCustomADIOS(LAMMPS *lmp, int narg, char **arg) : DumpCustom
 
   internal = new DumpCustomADIOSInternal();
   try {
+#if defined(MPI_STUBS)
+    internal->ad = new adios2::ADIOS("adios2_config.xml", adios2::DebugON);
+#else
     internal->ad = new adios2::ADIOS("adios2_config.xml", world, adios2::DebugON);
+#endif
   } catch (std::ios_base::failure &e) {
     error->all(FLERR, "ADIOS initialization failed with error: {}", e.what());
   }
@@ -96,11 +100,19 @@ void DumpCustomADIOS::openfile()
   if (multifile) {
     // if one file per timestep, replace '*' with current timestep
     auto filecurrent = utils::star_subst(filename, update->ntimestep, padflag);
+#if defined(MPI_STUBS)
+    internal->fh = internal->io.Open(filecurrent, adios2::Mode::Write);
+#else
     internal->fh = internal->io.Open(filecurrent, adios2::Mode::Write, world);
+#endif
     if (!internal->fh) error->one(FLERR, "Cannot open dump file {}", filecurrent);
   } else {
     if (!singlefile_opened) {
+#if defined(MPI_STUBS)
+      internal->fh = internal->io.Open(filename, adios2::Mode::Write);
+#else
       internal->fh = internal->io.Open(filename, adios2::Mode::Write, world);
+#endif
       if (!internal->fh) error->one(FLERR, "Cannot open dump file {}", filename);
       singlefile_opened = 1;
     }
diff --git a/src/ADIOS/reader_adios.cpp b/src/ADIOS/reader_adios.cpp
index dd389be702..655df98d26 100644
--- a/src/ADIOS/reader_adios.cpp
+++ b/src/ADIOS/reader_adios.cpp
@@ -82,7 +82,11 @@ ReaderADIOS::ReaderADIOS(LAMMPS *lmp) : Reader(lmp)
 
   internal = new ReadADIOSInternal();
   try {
+#if defined(MPI_STUBS)
+    internal->ad = new adios2::ADIOS("adios2_config.xml", adios2::DebugON);
+#else
     internal->ad = new adios2::ADIOS("adios2_config.xml", world, adios2::DebugON);
+#endif
   } catch (std::ios_base::failure &e) {
     error->one(FLERR, "ADIOS initialization failed with error: {}", e.what());
   }
@@ -134,7 +138,11 @@ void ReaderADIOS::open_file(const std::string &file)
   if (internal->fh) internal->fh.Close();
 
   try {
+#if defined(MPI_STUBS)
+    internal->fh = internal->io.Open(file, adios2::Mode::Read);
+#else
     internal->fh = internal->io.Open(file, adios2::Mode::Read, world);
+#endif
   } catch (std::ios_base::failure &e) {
     error->one(FLERR, "Error opening file {}: {}", file, e.what());
   }