diff --git a/physics/ccpp_kinds.F90 b/physics/mmm_kinds.F90
similarity index 94%
rename from physics/ccpp_kinds.F90
rename to physics/mmm_kinds.F90
index d16612b82..5fb3b789b 100644
--- a/physics/ccpp_kinds.F90
+++ b/physics/mmm_kinds.F90
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@
 !
 !      
 ! ###########################################################################################
+module mmm_kinds
+  use machine, only: kind_phys, kind_dbl_prec, kind_sngl_prec
+  implicit none
+end module mmm_kinds
+
 MODULE ccpp_kinds
   use machine,  only: kind_phys, kind_dbl_prec, kind_sngl_prec
   implicit none
diff --git a/physics/mmm_kinds.meta b/physics/mmm_kinds.meta
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5499efdde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/physics/mmm_kinds.meta
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[ccpp-table-properties]
+  name = mmm_kinds
+  type = module
+  dependencies = machine.F
diff --git a/physics/mmm_physics b/physics/mmm_physics
index 4792bcda3..83fe8b092 160000
--- a/physics/mmm_physics
+++ b/physics/mmm_physics
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 4792bcda3bbf9ee1f7c358604a87eed0e58f14ac
+Subproject commit 83fe8b092194f9a0f3598ef9354122d69b37bd7e