diff --git a/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt b/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt
index af9f197a14da69471080dfa7d09b9c36c861729f..125339dac9d75e9d11cdabca8c0bd4516a39af1f 100644
--- a/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/AMDiS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -454,7 +454,11 @@ endif(ENABLE_EXTENSIONS)
 
 
 if(ENABLE_OPENMP)
-	list(APPEND COMPILEFLAGS "-fopenmp")
+  if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER MATCHES ".*icpc")
+	list(APPEND COMPILEFLAGS "-openmp")
+  else()
+        list(APPEND COMPILEFLAGS "-fopenmp")
+  endif()
 endif(ENABLE_OPENMP)
 
 SET(COMPOSITE_SOURCE_DIR ${SOURCE_DIR}/compositeFEM)