diff --git a/src/corelib/tools/tools.pri b/src/corelib/tools/tools.pri
index cac596f0bc2..52bb9875060 100644
--- a/src/corelib/tools/tools.pri
+++ b/src/corelib/tools/tools.pri
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Qt tools module
 
+intel_icc: QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -fp-model strict
+
 HEADERS +=  \
         tools/qalgorithms.h \
         tools/qarraydata.h \