diff --git a/ompi/communicator/comm_init.c b/ompi/communicator/comm_init.c
index 59b559ad450..880e752226a 100644
--- a/ompi/communicator/comm_init.c
+++ b/ompi/communicator/comm_init.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 #include "opal/util/bit_ops.h"
 #include "opal/util/info_subscriber.h"
 #include "opal/util/string_copy.h"
+#include "opal/util/memprof.h"
 #include "opal/mca/pmix/pmix.h"
 #include "ompi/constants.h"
 #include "ompi/mca/pml/pml.h"
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ ompi_communicator_t *ompi_comm_allocate ( int local_size, int remote_size )
 
     /* create new communicator element */
     new_comm = OBJ_NEW(ompi_communicator_t);
-    Tau_start_class_allocation(new_comm->super.s_base.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(new_comm->super.s_base.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
     new_comm->super.s_info = NULL;
     new_comm->c_local_group = ompi_group_allocate ( local_size );
     if ( 0 < remote_size ) {
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ ompi_communicator_t *ompi_comm_allocate ( int local_size, int remote_size )
 
     /* fill in the inscribing hyper-cube dimensions */
     new_comm->c_cube_dim = opal_cube_dim(local_size);
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation(new_comm->super.s_base.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(new_comm->super.s_base.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
 
     return new_comm;
 }
diff --git a/ompi/group/group_init.c b/ompi/group/group_init.c
index dd10141e5f0..7b4175f9829 100644
--- a/ompi/group/group_init.c
+++ b/ompi/group/group_init.c
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 #include "ompi/constants.h"
 #include "mpi.h"
 
+#include "opal/util/memprof.h"
+
 /* define class information */
 static void ompi_group_construct(ompi_group_t *);
 static void ompi_group_destruct(ompi_group_t *);
@@ -57,11 +59,11 @@ ompi_predefined_group_t *ompi_mpi_group_null_addr = &ompi_mpi_group_null;
 ompi_group_t *ompi_group_allocate(int group_size)
 {
     /* local variables */
-    Tau_start_class_allocation("ompi_group_t", 0, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC("ompi_group_t", 0, 0);
     ompi_proc_t **procs = calloc (group_size, sizeof (ompi_proc_t *));
-    Tau_start_class_allocation("ompi_proc_t **", group_size * sizeof(ompi_proc_t *), 0);
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation("ompi_proc_t **", 1);
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation("ompi_group_t", 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC("ompi_proc_t **", group_size * sizeof(ompi_proc_t *), 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC("ompi_proc_t **", 1);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC("ompi_group_t", 0);
     ompi_group_t *new_group;
 
     if (NULL == procs) {
@@ -85,7 +87,7 @@ ompi_group_t *ompi_group_allocate_plist_w_procs (ompi_proc_t **procs, int group_
 
     /* create new group group element */
     new_group = OBJ_NEW(ompi_group_t);
-    Tau_start_class_allocation(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
 
     if (NULL == new_group) {
         return NULL;
@@ -110,7 +112,7 @@ ompi_group_t *ompi_group_allocate_plist_w_procs (ompi_proc_t **procs, int group_
     OMPI_GROUP_SET_DENSE(new_group);
 
     ompi_group_increment_proc_count (new_group);
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
     return new_group;
 }
 
@@ -131,14 +133,14 @@ ompi_group_t *ompi_group_allocate_sporadic(int group_size)
         new_group = NULL;
         goto error_exit;
     }
-    Tau_start_class_allocation(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
     /* allocate array of (grp_sporadic_list )'s */
     if (0 < group_size) {
         new_group->sparse_data.grp_sporadic.grp_sporadic_list =
             (struct ompi_group_sporadic_list_t *)malloc
             (sizeof(struct ompi_group_sporadic_list_t ) * group_size);
-        Tau_start_class_allocation("ompi_group_sporadic_list_t *", sizeof(struct ompi_group_sporadic_list_t ) * group_size, 0);
-        Tau_stop_class_allocation("ompi_group_sporadic_list_t *", 1);
+        OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC("ompi_group_sporadic_list_t *", sizeof(struct ompi_group_sporadic_list_t ) * group_size, 0);
+        OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC("ompi_group_sporadic_list_t *", 1);
 
         /* non-empty group */
         if ( NULL == new_group->sparse_data.grp_sporadic.grp_sporadic_list) {
@@ -159,7 +161,7 @@ ompi_group_t *ompi_group_allocate_sporadic(int group_size)
     OMPI_GROUP_SET_SPORADIC(new_group);
 
  error_exit:
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
     return new_group;
 }
 
@@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ ompi_group_t *ompi_group_allocate_strided(void)
         new_group = NULL;
         goto error_exit;
     }
-    Tau_start_class_allocation(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
     /* initialize our rank to MPI_UNDEFINED */
     new_group->grp_my_rank    = MPI_UNDEFINED;
     new_group->grp_proc_pointers     = NULL;
@@ -187,7 +189,7 @@ ompi_group_t *ompi_group_allocate_strided(void)
     new_group->sparse_data.grp_strided.grp_strided_last_element   = -1;
  error_exit:
     /* return */
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
     return new_group;
 }
 ompi_group_t *ompi_group_allocate_bmap(int orig_group_size , int group_size)
@@ -207,11 +209,11 @@ ompi_group_t *ompi_group_allocate_bmap(int orig_group_size , int group_size)
         goto error_exit;
     }
     /* allocate the unsigned char list */
-    Tau_start_class_allocation(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
     new_group->sparse_data.grp_bitmap.grp_bitmap_array = (unsigned char *)malloc
         (sizeof(unsigned char) * ompi_group_div_ceil(orig_group_size,BSIZE));
-    Tau_start_class_allocation("unsigned char *", sizeof(struct ompi_group_sporadic_list_t ) * group_size, 0);
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation("unsigned char *", 1);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC("unsigned char *", sizeof(struct ompi_group_sporadic_list_t ) * group_size, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC("unsigned char *", 1);
 
     new_group->sparse_data.grp_bitmap.grp_bitmap_array_len =
         ompi_group_div_ceil(orig_group_size,BSIZE);
@@ -225,7 +227,7 @@ ompi_group_t *ompi_group_allocate_bmap(int orig_group_size , int group_size)
 
  error_exit:
     /* return */
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(new_group->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
     return new_group;
 }
 
diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_comm.c b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_comm.c
index 51d2328eb2a..09e620be730 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_comm.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/ob1/pml_ob1_comm.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "ompi_config.h"
+#include "opal/util/memprof.h"
 #include <string.h>
 
 #include "pml_ob1.h"
@@ -108,11 +109,11 @@ OBJ_CLASS_INSTANCE(
 int mca_pml_ob1_comm_init_size (mca_pml_ob1_comm_t* comm, size_t size)
 {
     /* send message sequence-number support - sender side */
-    Tau_start_class_allocation(comm->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(comm->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
     comm->procs = (mca_pml_ob1_comm_proc_t **) calloc(size, sizeof (mca_pml_ob1_comm_proc_t *));
-    Tau_start_class_allocation("mca_pml_ob1_comm_proc_t", size * sizeof(mca_pml_ob1_comm_proc_t *), 0);
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation("mca_pml_ob1_comm_proc_t", 1);
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation(comm->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC("mca_pml_ob1_comm_proc_t", size * sizeof(mca_pml_ob1_comm_proc_t *), 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC("mca_pml_ob1_comm_proc_t", 1);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(comm->super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
     if(NULL == comm->procs) {
         return OMPI_ERR_OUT_OF_RESOURCE;
     }
diff --git a/ompi/mca/pml/yalla/pml_yalla.c b/ompi/mca/pml/yalla/pml_yalla.c
index c0724c0810b..46cb125ffae 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/pml/yalla/pml_yalla.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/pml/yalla/pml_yalla.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "opal/runtime/opal.h"
 #include "opal/memoryhooks/memory.h"
+#include "opal/util/memprof.h"
 #include "opal/mca/memory/base/base.h"
 #include "opal/mca/pmix/pmix.h"
 #include "ompi/mca/pml/base/pml_base_bsend.h"
@@ -256,11 +257,11 @@ int mca_pml_yalla_add_procs(struct ompi_proc_t **procs, size_t nprocs)
             return OMPI_ERROR;
         }
 
-        Tau_start_class_allocation(procs[i]->super.super.super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
-        Tau_start_class_allocation("mxm_conn_h", sizeof(mxm_conn_h), 0);
+        OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(procs[i]->super.super.super.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
+        OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC("mxm_conn_h", sizeof(mxm_conn_h), 0);
         procs[i]->proc_endpoints[OMPI_PROC_ENDPOINT_TAG_PML] = conn;
-        Tau_stop_class_allocation("mxm_conn_h", 1);
-        Tau_stop_class_allocation(procs[i]->super.super.super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
+        OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC("mxm_conn_h", 1);
+        OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(procs[i]->super.super.super.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
     }
 
     return OMPI_SUCCESS;
diff --git a/ompi/win/win.c b/ompi/win/win.c
index 6f36c68ec56..ffd98aded68 100644
--- a/ompi/win/win.c
+++ b/ompi/win/win.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 
 #include "opal/util/info_subscriber.h"
 #include "opal/util/string_copy.h"
+#include "opal/util/memprof.h"
 
 #include "mpi.h"
 #include "ompi/win/win.h"
@@ -148,7 +149,7 @@ static int alloc_window(struct ompi_communicator_t *comm, opal_info_t *info, int
 
     /* create the object */
     win = OBJ_NEW(ompi_win_t);
-    Tau_start_class_allocation(win->super.s_base.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(win->super.s_base.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
     if (NULL == win) {
         return OMPI_ERR_OUT_OF_RESOURCE;
     }
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ static int alloc_window(struct ompi_communicator_t *comm, opal_info_t *info, int
     }
 
     *win_out = win;
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation(win->super.s_base.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(win->super.s_base.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
 
     return OMPI_SUCCESS;
 }
diff --git a/opal/class/opal_object.h b/opal/class/opal_object.h
index 79c8c6b5db6..0e57b66c204 100644
--- a/opal/class/opal_object.h
+++ b/opal/class/opal_object.h
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static inline void opal_obj_run_destructors(opal_object_t * object)
 
     assert(NULL != object->obj_class);
 
-    Tau_track_class_deallocation(object->obj_class->cls_name, object->obj_class->cls_sizeof);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_TRACK_DEALLOC(object->obj_class->cls_name, object->obj_class->cls_sizeof);
     cls_destruct = object->obj_class->cls_destruct_array;
     while( NULL != *cls_destruct ) {
         (*cls_destruct)(object);
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static inline opal_object_t *opal_obj_new(opal_class_t * cls)
     opal_object_t *object;
     assert(cls->cls_sizeof >= sizeof(opal_object_t));
 
-    Tau_start_class_allocation(cls->cls_name, cls->cls_sizeof, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(cls->cls_name, cls->cls_sizeof, 0);
 
 #if OPAL_WANT_MEMCHECKER
     object = (opal_object_t *) calloc(1, cls->cls_sizeof);
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static inline opal_object_t *opal_obj_new(opal_class_t * cls)
         object->obj_reference_count = 1;
         opal_obj_run_constructors(object);
     }
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation(cls->cls_name, 1);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(cls->cls_name, 1);
     return object;
 }
 
diff --git a/opal/util/memprof.c b/opal/util/memprof.c
index 8afbff0f574..656e262a8fd 100644
--- a/opal/util/memprof.c
+++ b/opal/util/memprof.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2018 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2019      UT-Battelle, LLC. All rights reserved.
+ *
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  *
  * Additional copyrights may follow
diff --git a/opal/util/memprof.h b/opal/util/memprof.h
index ddc8fafa46e..dda91e29a89 100644
--- a/opal/util/memprof.h
+++ b/opal/util/memprof.h
@@ -1,14 +1,4 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Trustees of Indiana University and Indiana
- *                         University Research and Technology
- *                         Corporation.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The University of Tennessee and The University
- *                         of Tennessee Research Foundation.  All rights
- *                         reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart,
- *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
- *                         All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2018      UT-Battelle, LLC. All rights reserved.
  *
  * $COPYRIGHT$
@@ -25,6 +15,17 @@ BEGIN_C_DECLS
 
 #if OPAL_ENABLE_MEM_PROFILE
 
+    /*
+     * NOTE: Must configure OMPI w/ '--enable-mem-profile',
+     *       otherwise the macros are no-ops.
+     *       Tested with TAU v1.27.1 and v1.28 and PDT 3.25
+     *       for gathering memory profiling data about OMPI.
+     *
+     *       Example usage:
+     *         orterun -np 2 tau_exec -T mpi,pdt ring_c
+     *         tau_mem_summarize.py . > ring-np2.csv
+     */
+
   void __attribute__((weak)) Tau_track_class_allocation(const char * name, size_t size);
   void __attribute__((weak)) Tau_track_class_deallocation(const char * name, size_t size);
   void __attribute__((weak)) Tau_start_class_allocation(const char * name, size_t size, int include_in_parent);
@@ -32,6 +33,56 @@ BEGIN_C_DECLS
   void __attribute__((weak)) Tau_start_class_deallocation(const char * name, size_t size, int include_in_parent);
   void __attribute__((weak)) Tau_stop_class_deallocation(const char * name, int record);
 
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_TRACK_ALLOC(name, size) \
+    do { \
+          Tau_track_class_allocation(name, size); \
+       } while(0)
+
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_TRACK_DEALLOC(name, size) \
+    do { \
+          Tau_track_class_deallocation(name, size); \
+       } while(0)
+
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(name, size, include_in_parent) \
+    do { \
+        Tau_start_class_allocation(name, size, include_in_parent); \
+       } while(0)
+
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(name, record) \
+    do { \
+        Tau_stop_class_allocation(name, record); \
+       } while(0)
+
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_START_DEALLOC(name, size, include_in_parent) \
+    do { \
+        Tau_start_class_deallocation(name, size, include_in_parent); \
+       } while(0)
+
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_DEALLOC(name, record) \
+    do { \
+        Tau_stop_class_deallocation(name, record); \
+       } while(0)
+
+#else
+
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_TRACK_ALLOC(name, size) \
+    do { } while(0)
+
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_TRACK_DEALLOC(name, size) \
+    do { } while(0)
+
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(name, size, include_in_parent) \
+    do { } while(0)
+
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(name, record) \
+    do { } while(0)
+
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_START_DEALLOC(name, size, include_in_parent) \
+    do { } while(0)
+
+  #define OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_DEALLOC(name, record) \
+    do { } while(0)
+
 #endif /* OPAL_ENABLE_MEM_PROFILE */
 
 END_C_DECLS
diff --git a/oshmem/proc/proc.c b/oshmem/proc/proc.c
index 6bd6a913de9..56ae0de2bb2 100644
--- a/oshmem/proc/proc.c
+++ b/oshmem/proc/proc.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "opal/dss/dss.h"
 #include "opal/util/arch.h"
 #include "opal/class/opal_list.h"
+#include "opal/util/memprof.h"
 
 
 static opal_mutex_t oshmem_proc_lock;
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ oshmem_group_t* oshmem_proc_group_create(int pe_start, int pe_stride, int pe_siz
     }
 
     group = OBJ_NEW(oshmem_group_t);
-    Tau_start_class_allocation(group->base.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC(group->base.obj_class->cls_name, 0, 0);
 
     if (NULL == group) {
         return NULL;
@@ -174,10 +175,10 @@ oshmem_group_t* oshmem_proc_group_create(int pe_start, int pe_stride, int pe_siz
 
     /* allocate an array */
     proc_array = (ompi_proc_t**) malloc(pe_size * sizeof(ompi_proc_t*));
-    Tau_start_class_allocation("ompi_proc_t **", pe_size * sizeof(ompi_proc_t*), 0);
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation("ompi_proc_t **", 1);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_START_ALLOC("ompi_proc_t **", pe_size * sizeof(ompi_proc_t*), 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC("ompi_proc_t **", 1);
     if (NULL == proc_array) {
-        Tau_stop_class_allocation(group->base.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
+        OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(group->base.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
         OBJ_RELEASE(group);
         OPAL_THREAD_UNLOCK(&oshmem_proc_lock);
         return NULL ;
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ oshmem_group_t* oshmem_proc_group_create(int pe_start, int pe_stride, int pe_siz
     if (OSHMEM_SUCCESS != mca_scoll_base_select(group)) {
         opal_output(0,
                 "Error: No collective modules are available: group is not created, returning NULL");
-        Tau_stop_class_allocation(group->base.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
+        OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(group->base.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
         oshmem_proc_group_destroy_internal(group, 0);
         OPAL_THREAD_UNLOCK(&oshmem_proc_lock);
         return NULL;
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ oshmem_group_t* oshmem_proc_group_create(int pe_start, int pe_stride, int pe_siz
     }
 
     OPAL_THREAD_UNLOCK(&oshmem_proc_lock);
-    Tau_stop_class_allocation(group->base.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
+    OPAL_MEMPROF_STOP_ALLOC(group->base.obj_class->cls_name, 0);
     return group;
 }