diff --git a/reframe/core/launchers/mpi.py b/reframe/core/launchers/mpi.py
index 68da3ad4e4..87436243c7 100644
--- a/reframe/core/launchers/mpi.py
+++ b/reframe/core/launchers/mpi.py
@@ -19,7 +19,17 @@ def command(self, job):
 @register_launcher('alps')
 class AlpsLauncher(JobLauncher):
     def command(self, job):
-        return ['aprun', '-B']
+        cmd = ['aprun', '-n', str(job.num_tasks)]
+        if job.num_tasks_per_node:
+            cmd += ['-N', str(job.num_tasks_per_node)]
+
+        if job.num_cpus_per_task:
+            cmd += ['-d', str(job.num_cpus_per_task)]
+
+        if job.use_smt:
+            cmd += ['-j', '0']
+
+        return cmd
 
 
 @register_launcher('mpirun')
diff --git a/unittests/test_launchers.py b/unittests/test_launchers.py
index e7511c53e9..c9ae9c0dae 100644
--- a/unittests/test_launchers.py
+++ b/unittests/test_launchers.py
@@ -147,11 +147,11 @@ def launcher(self):
 
     @property
     def expected_command(self):
-        return 'aprun -B --foo'
+        return 'aprun -n 4 -N 2 -d 2 -j 0 --foo'
 
     @property
     def expected_minimal_command(self):
-        return 'aprun -B --foo'
+        return 'aprun -n 1 --foo'
 
 
 class TestMpirunLauncher(_TestLauncher, unittest.TestCase):
@@ -191,11 +191,11 @@ def launcher(self):
 
     @property
     def expected_command(self):
-        return 'ddt --offline aprun -B --foo'
+        return 'ddt --offline aprun -n 4 -N 2 -d 2 -j 0 --foo'
 
     @property
     def expected_minimal_command(self):
-        return 'ddt --offline aprun -B --foo'
+        return 'ddt --offline aprun -n 1 --foo'
 
 
 class TestLocalLauncher(_TestLauncher, unittest.TestCase):