diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py
index 5325235612442d..774e5dcffee23d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openmpi/package.py
@@ -1081,6 +1081,23 @@ def configure_args(self):
         if wrapper_ldflags:
             config_args.append("--with-wrapper-ldflags={0}".format(" ".join(wrapper_ldflags)))
 
+        # https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/articles/release-notes/oneapi-c-compiler-release-notes.html :
+        # Key Features in Intel C++ Compiler Classic 2021.7
+        #
+        # The Intel C++ Classic Compiler is deprecated and an additional
+        # diagnostic message will be output with each invocation. This
+        # diagnostic may impact expected output during compilation. For
+        # example, using the compiler to produce preprocessed information
+        # (icpc -E) will produce the additional deprecation diagnostic,
+        # interfering with the expected preprocessed output.
+        #
+        # This output can be disabled by using -diag-disable=10441 on
+        # Linux/macOS or /Qdiag-disable:10441 on Windows. You can add this
+        # option on the command line, configuration file or option setting
+        # environment variables.
+        if spec.satisfies("%intel@2021.7.0:"):
+            config_args.append("CPPFLAGS=-diag-disable=10441")
+
         return config_args
 
     @run_after("install", when="+wrapper-rpath")