diff --git a/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.F90 b/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.F90
index 8a7bf7417..afd4f681a 100644
--- a/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.F90
+++ b/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.F90
@@ -1181,6 +1181,7 @@ module GFS_typedefs
     integer              :: n_var_spp
     character(len=3)    , pointer :: spp_var_list(:)  ! dimension here must match n_var_spp in stochy_nml_def
     real(kind=kind_phys), pointer :: spp_prt_list(:)  ! dimension here must match n_var_spp in stochy_nml_def 
+    real(kind=kind_phys), pointer :: spp_stddev_cutoff(:)  ! dimension here must match n_var_spp in stochy_nml_def 
 
 !--- tracer handling
     character(len=32), pointer :: tracer_names(:) !< array of initialized tracers from dynamic core
@@ -4150,8 +4151,10 @@ subroutine control_initialize (Model, nlunit, fn_nml, me, master, &
     if (Model%do_spp) then
       allocate(Model%spp_var_list(Model%n_var_spp))
       allocate(Model%spp_prt_list(Model%n_var_spp))
+      allocate(Model%spp_stddev_cutoff(Model%n_var_spp))
       Model%spp_var_list(:) = ''
       Model%spp_prt_list(:) = clear_val
+      Model%spp_stddev_cutoff(:) = clear_val
     end if
 
     !--- cellular automata options
diff --git a/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.meta b/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.meta
index e49b2b269..aacc64b86 100644
--- a/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.meta
+++ b/ccpp/data/GFS_typedefs.meta
@@ -4858,19 +4858,29 @@
   dimensions = ()
   type = integer
 [spp_prt_list]
-  standard_name =magnitude_of_spp_perturbations
+  standard_name = magnitude_of_spp_perturbations
   long_name = magnitude of spp perturbations
   units = 1
-  dimensions = (number_of_spp_schemes_perturbed)
+  dimensions = (number_of_perturbed_spp_schemes)
   type = real
   kind = kind_phys
+  active = (do_stochastically_perturbed_parameterizations)
+[spp_stddev_cutoff]
+  standard_name = magnitude_of_spp_standard_deviation_cutoff
+  long_name = magnitude of spp standard deviation cutoff
+  units = 1
+  dimensions = (number_of_perturbed_spp_schemes)
+  type = real
+  kind = kind_phys
+  active = (do_stochastically_perturbed_parameterizations)
 [spp_var_list]
   standard_name = perturbed_spp_schemes
   long_name = perturbed spp schemes
   units = none
-  dimensions =  (number_of_spp_schemes_perturbed)
+  dimensions =  (number_of_perturbed_spp_schemes)
   type = character
   kind = len=3
+  active = (do_stochastically_perturbed_parameterizations)
 [spp_pbl]
   standard_name = control_for_pbl_spp_perturbations
   long_name = control for pbl spp perturbations
diff --git a/ccpp/physics b/ccpp/physics
index 1ad43991c..e2806f0e1 160000
--- a/ccpp/physics
+++ b/ccpp/physics
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 1ad43991c2cbf98a2806efd17c4f1b6d094598f7
+Subproject commit e2806f0e10431c7c54d77069f36ad9f8d352853a
diff --git a/stochastic_physics/stochastic_physics_wrapper.F90 b/stochastic_physics/stochastic_physics_wrapper.F90
index ae67c0daf..f5a285d2d 100644
--- a/stochastic_physics/stochastic_physics_wrapper.F90
+++ b/stochastic_physics/stochastic_physics_wrapper.F90
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ subroutine stochastic_physics_wrapper (GFS_Control, GFS_Data, Atm_block, ierr)
             GFS_Control%input_nml_file, GFS_Control%fn_nml, GFS_Control%nlunit, xlon, xlat, GFS_Control%do_sppt, GFS_Control%do_shum, &
             GFS_Control%do_skeb, GFS_Control%lndp_type, GFS_Control%n_var_lndp, GFS_Control%use_zmtnblck, GFS_Control%skeb_npass,     &
             GFS_Control%lndp_var_list, GFS_Control%lndp_prt_list,    &
-            GFS_Control%n_var_spp, GFS_Control%spp_var_list, GFS_Control%spp_prt_list, GFS_Control%do_spp,                            &
+            GFS_Control%n_var_spp, GFS_Control%spp_var_list, GFS_Control%spp_prt_list, GFS_Control%spp_stddev_cutoff, GFS_Control%do_spp,                            &
             GFS_Control%ak, GFS_Control%bk, nthreads, GFS_Control%master, GFS_Control%communicator, ierr)
             if (ierr/=0)  then
                     write(6,*) 'call to init_stochastic_physics failed'