diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 847fd03828cc2c6cde5a05d42654da56416b8c92..3765da450cda286edb09199b6caac2d50c8139ad 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2181,6 +2181,8 @@ if enabled icc; then
     check_ldflags -wd10156,11030
     # Allow to compile with optimizations
     check_ldflags -march=$cpu
+    # icc 11.0 and 11.1 work with ebp_available, but don't pass the test
+    enable ebp_available
 elif enabled ccc; then
     # disable some annoying warnings
     add_cflags -msg_disable cvtu32to64