diff --git a/bld/CLMBuildNamelist.pm b/bld/CLMBuildNamelist.pm
index ab0aab0cc5..93004ad1c4 100755
--- a/bld/CLMBuildNamelist.pm
+++ b/bld/CLMBuildNamelist.pm
@@ -2118,17 +2118,21 @@ sub setup_logic_roughness_methods {
   my ($opts, $nl_flags, $definition, $defaults, $nl, $physv) = @_;
 
   add_default($opts, $nl_flags->{'inputdata_rootdir'}, $definition, $defaults, $nl, 'z0param_method',
-              'phys'=>$nl_flags->{'phys'} );
+              'phys'=>$nl_flags->{'phys'} , 'use_fates'=>$nl_flags->{'use_fates'});
 
   my $var = remove_leading_and_trailing_quotes( $nl->get_value("z0param_method") );
   if ( $var ne "Meier2022" && $var ne "ZengWang2007" ) {
     $log->fatal_error("$var is incorrect entry for the namelist variable z0param_method; expected Meier2022 or ZengWang2007");
   }
   my $phys = $physv->as_string();
-  if ( $phys eq "clm4_5" || $phys eq "clm5_0" ) {
-    if ( $var eq "Meier2022" ) {
+  if ( $var eq "Meier2022" ) {
+    if ( $phys eq "clm4_5" || $phys eq "clm5_0" ) {
       $log->fatal_error("z0param_method = $var and phys = $phys, but this method has been tested only with clm6_0 and later versions; to use with earlier versions, disable this error, and add Meier2022 parameters to the corresponding params file");
     }
+    # Make sure that fates and meier2022 are not both active due to issue #2932
+    if ( &value_is_true($nl_flags->{'use_fates'}) ) {
+      $log->fatal_error("z0param_method = $var and use_fates currently are not compatible.  Please update the z0param_method to ZengWang2007.  See issue #2932 for more information.")
+    }
   }
 }
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml b/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
index cee72ca5cf..64e00527fe 100644
--- a/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
+++ b/bld/namelist_files/namelist_defaults_ctsm.xml
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ attributes from the config_cache.xml file (with keys converted to upper-case).
 <!-- ================================================================== -->
 
 <z0param_method>ZengWang2007</z0param_method>
-<z0param_method phys="clm6_0">Meier2022</z0param_method>
+<z0param_method use_fates=".false." phys="clm6_0" >Meier2022</z0param_method>
 
 <use_z0m_snowmelt z0param_method="Meier2022" >.true.</use_z0m_snowmelt>
 <use_z0m_snowmelt >.false.</use_z0m_snowmelt>
diff --git a/bld/unit_testers/build-namelist_test.pl b/bld/unit_testers/build-namelist_test.pl
index d42487cfdb..a3630f3286 100755
--- a/bld/unit_testers/build-namelist_test.pl
+++ b/bld/unit_testers/build-namelist_test.pl
@@ -163,10 +163,10 @@ sub cat_and_create_namelistinfile {
 #
 # Figure out number of tests that will run
 #
-my $ntests = 3263;
+my $ntests = 3264;
 
 if ( defined($opts{'compare'}) ) {
-   $ntests += 1979;
+   $ntests += 1980;
 }
 plan( tests=>$ntests );
 
@@ -1185,6 +1185,10 @@ sub cat_and_create_namelistinfile {
                                      namelst=>"use_hydrstress=.true.",
                                      phys=>"clm5_0",
                                    },
+     "useMeierwithFATES"         =>{ options=>"-bgc fates -envxml_dir . -no-megan",
+                                     namelst=>"z0param_method=Meier2022",
+                                     phys=>"clm5_0",
+                                   },
      "noanthro_w_crop"            =>{ options=>"-envxml_dir . -res 0.9x1.25 -bgc bgc -crop -use_case 1850_noanthro_control",
                                      namelst=>"",
                                      phys=>"clm5_0",
diff --git a/src/main/controlMod.F90 b/src/main/controlMod.F90
index e8121519aa..c07909c67e 100644
--- a/src/main/controlMod.F90
+++ b/src/main/controlMod.F90
@@ -518,6 +518,11 @@ subroutine control_init(dtime)
                   errMsg(sourcefile, __LINE__))
           end if
 
+          if (z0param_method == 'Meier2022') then
+             call endrun(msg=' ERROR: Surface roughness parameterization Meier2022 is not compatible with FATES.'//&
+                  errMsg(sourcefile, __LINE__))
+          end if
+
        else
           
           ! These do default to false anyway, but this emphasizes they