diff --git a/container/README.md b/container/README.md
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@@ -68,7 +68,15 @@ cp ./templates/qe/6.4/data.qe.container.config ./
 ./jarvis -d -dp
 ```
 
-5.5 运行容器(-np 后面的数字为核数，请按实际核数指定)
+5.5 配置mpi环境变量
+
+```
+MPI_HOME= openMPI安装路径(执行find / -name openmpi查找openmpi安装路径，截取到版本号，例如：/home/xxx/hpcrunner-hpcrunner-v1.0/software/mpi/openmpi4-gcc4/4.1.2/)
+export PATH=$PATH:$MPI_HOME/bin
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$MPI_HOME/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+```
+
+5.6 运行容器(-np 后面的数字为核数，请按实际核数指定)
 
 ```
 cd container