diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
index 531242e9..cedca29e 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
@@ -157,6 +157,19 @@ template<> struct assert_intrinsic_wchar_t<unsigned short> {};
 #  define BOOST_NO_TWO_PHASE_NAME_LOOKUP
 #endif
 
+//
+// An attempt to value-initialize a pointer-to-member may trigger an
+// internal error on Intel <= 11.1 (last checked version), as was 
+// reported by John Maddock, Intel support issue 589832, May 2010.
+// Moreover, according to test results from Huang-Vista-x86_32_intel,
+// intel-vc9-win-11.1 may leave a non-POD array uninitialized.
+// (Niels Dekker, LKEB, May 2010)
+#if defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+#  if __INTEL_COMPILER <= 1110
+#    define BOOST_NO_COMPLETE_VALUE_INITIALIZATION
+#  endif
+#endif
+
 //
 // last known and checked version:
 #if (BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION > 1110)