diff --git a/include/boost/config/platform/linux.hpp b/include/boost/config/platform/linux.hpp
index 61fb23c2..70b1129a 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/platform/linux.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/platform/linux.hpp
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@
 #  define BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE
 #endif
 
+//
+// Intel on linux doesn't have swprintf in std::
+//
+#ifdef  __ICC
+#  define BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE
+#endif
+
 //
 // If glibc is past version 2 then we definitely have
 // gettimeofday, earlier versions may or may not have it: