diff --git a/parm/config/gefs/config.ufs b/parm/config/gefs/config.ufs
index a5fb33d6ab..64383ac233 100644
--- a/parm/config/gefs/config.ufs
+++ b/parm/config/gefs/config.ufs
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ case "${fv3_res}" in
         export nthreads_fv3_gfs=1
         export nthreads_ufs=1
         export nthreads_ufs_gfs=1
-        export cdmbgwd="0.071,2.1,1.0,1.0"  # mountain blocking, ogwd, cgwd, cgwd src scaling
+	export xr_cnvcld=.false. # Do not pass conv. clouds to Xu-Randall cloud fraction
+	export cdmbgwd="0.071,2.1,1.0,1.0"  # mountain blocking, ogwd, cgwd, cgwd src scaling
         export cdmbgwd_gsl="40.0,1.77,1.0,1.0"   # settings for GSL drag suite
         export k_split=1
         export n_split=4
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ case "${fv3_res}" in
         export nthreads_fv3_gfs=1
         export nthreads_ufs=1
         export nthreads_ufs_gfs=1
-        export cdmbgwd="0.14,1.8,1.0,1.0"  # mountain blocking, ogwd, cgwd, cgwd src scaling
+	export xr_cnvcld=.false. # Do not pass conv. clouds to Xu-Randall cloud fraction
+	export cdmbgwd="0.14,1.8,1.0,1.0"  # mountain blocking, ogwd, cgwd, cgwd src scaling
         export cdmbgwd_gsl="20.0,2.5,1.0,1.0"   # settings for GSL drag suite
         export knob_ugwp_tauamp=3.0e-3      # setting for UGWPv1 non-stationary GWD
         export k_split=1
diff --git a/parm/config/gfs/config.ufs b/parm/config/gfs/config.ufs
index 1ac7205897..861d2a685d 100644
--- a/parm/config/gfs/config.ufs
+++ b/parm/config/gfs/config.ufs
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ case "${fv3_res}" in
         export nthreads_fv3_gfs=1
         export nthreads_ufs=1
         export nthreads_ufs_gfs=1
-        export cdmbgwd="0.071,2.1,1.0,1.0"  # mountain blocking, ogwd, cgwd, cgwd src scaling
+	export xr_cnvcld=.false. # Do not pass conv. clouds to Xu-Randall cloud fraction
+	export cdmbgwd="0.071,2.1,1.0,1.0"  # mountain blocking, ogwd, cgwd, cgwd src scaling
         export cdmbgwd_gsl="40.0,1.77,1.0,1.0"   # settings for GSL drag suite
         export knob_ugwp_tauamp=6.0e-3      # setting for UGWPv1 non-stationary GWD
         export k_split=1
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ case "${fv3_res}" in
           export nthreads_fv3_gfs=1
           export nthreads_ufs=1
           export nthreads_ufs_gfs=1
-          export cdmbgwd="0.14,1.8,1.0,1.0"  # mountain blocking, ogwd, cgwd, cgwd src scaling
+	  export xr_cnvcld=.false. # Do not pass conv. clouds to Xu-Randall cloud fraction
+	  export cdmbgwd="0.14,1.8,1.0,1.0"  # mountain blocking, ogwd, cgwd, cgwd src scaling
           export cdmbgwd_gsl="20.0,2.5,1.0,1.0"   # settings for GSL drag suite
           export knob_ugwp_tauamp=3.0e-3      # setting for UGWPv1 non-stationary GWD
           export k_split=1
diff --git a/ush/parsing_namelists_FV3.sh b/ush/parsing_namelists_FV3.sh
index 9e6e67f9cc..b88849d7e7 100755
--- a/ush/parsing_namelists_FV3.sh
+++ b/ush/parsing_namelists_FV3.sh
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ cat >> input.nml <<EOF
   random_clds  = ${random_clds:-".true."}
   trans_trac   = ${trans_trac:-".true."}
   cnvcld       = ${cnvcld:-".true."}
+  xr_cnvcld    = ${xr_cnvcld:-".true."}
   imfshalcnv   = ${imfshalcnv:-"2"}
   imfdeepcnv   = ${imfdeepcnv:-"2"}
   progsigma    = ${progsigma:-".true."}