diff --git a/config_src/mct_driver/ocn_comp_mct.F90 b/config_src/mct_driver/ocn_comp_mct.F90
index 905bb65eea..74333e2d42 100644
--- a/config_src/mct_driver/ocn_comp_mct.F90
+++ b/config_src/mct_driver/ocn_comp_mct.F90
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ module ocn_comp_mct
    use seq_cdata_mod
    use mct_mod
 
+  ! From MOM6
+  use ocean_model_mod, only: ocean_state_type, ocean_public_type
+  use ocean_model_mod, only: ocean_model_init
+  use MOM_time_manager, only: time_type, set_date, set_calendar_type, THIRTY_DAY_MONTHS
+  use MOM_domains, only: MOM_infra_init
 !
 ! !PUBLIC MEMBER FUNCTIONS:
   implicit none
@@ -34,6 +39,8 @@ module ocn_comp_mct
 
 !
 ! !PRIVATE MODULE VARIABLES
+ type(ocean_state_type), pointer  :: ocn_state => NULL()   ! Private state of ocean
+ type(ocean_public_type), pointer :: ocn_surface => NULL() ! Public surface state of ocean
 
 !=======================================================================
 
@@ -52,10 +59,10 @@ subroutine ocn_init_mct( EClock, cdata_o, x2o_o, o2x_o, NLFilename )
 !
 ! !INPUT/OUTPUT PARAMETERS:
 
-    type(ESMF_Clock)            , intent(inout) :: EClock
-    type(seq_cdata)             , intent(inout) :: cdata_o
-    type(mct_aVect)             , intent(inout) :: x2o_o, o2x_o
-    character(len=*), optional  , intent(in)    :: NLFilename ! Namelist filename
+  type(ESMF_Clock)            , intent(inout) :: EClock
+  type(seq_cdata)             , intent(inout) :: cdata_o
+  type(mct_aVect)             , intent(inout) :: x2o_o, o2x_o
+  character(len=*), optional  , intent(in)    :: NLFilename ! Namelist filename
 !
 ! !REVISION HISTORY:
 ! Author: Mariana Vertenstein
@@ -65,7 +72,28 @@ subroutine ocn_init_mct( EClock, cdata_o, x2o_o, o2x_o, NLFilename )
 !  local variables
 !
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------
+  type(time_type)     :: time_init ! Start time of coupled model's calendar
+  type(time_type)     :: time_in   ! Start time for ocean model at initialization
+  type(ESMF_time)     :: current_time
+  integer             :: year, month, day, hour, minute, seconds, rc
+  character(len=128)  :: errMsg
+  integer             :: mpicom
+
+  mpicom = cdata_o%mpicom
+
+  call MOM_infra_init(mpicom)
+
+  call ESMF_ClockGet(EClock, currTime=current_time, rc=rc) 
+
+  call ESMF_TimeGet(current_time, yy=year, mm=month, dd=day, h=hour, m=minute, s=seconds, rc=rc)
+
+  call set_calendar_type(THIRTY_DAY_MONTHS)
+
+  time_init = set_date(year, month, day, hour, minute, seconds, err_msg=errMsg)
+
+  allocate(ocn_surface)
 
+  !call ocean_model_init(ocn_surface, ocn_state, time_init, time_in)
 
 !-----------------------------------------------------------------------
 !EOC