diff --git a/config.htm b/config.htm
index 0ce11979..85fc9c77 100644
--- a/config.htm
+++ b/config.htm
@@ -1169,6 +1169,12 @@ user code.</p>
         Microsoft Visual C++, as opposed to one of the many other
         compilers that also define _MSC_VER.</td>
     </tr>
+    <tr>
+        <td valign="top">BOOST_INTEL</td>
+        <td valign="top">&lt;boost/config.hpp&gt;</td>
+        <td valign="top">Defined if the compiler is an Intel compiler,
+        takes the same value as the compiler version macro.</td>
+    </tr>
     <tr>
         <td>BOOST_DINKUMWARE_STDLIB</td>
         <td>&lt;boost/config.hpp&gt;</td>
diff --git a/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp b/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
index b54f6d8e..487e945f 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp
@@ -9,14 +9,19 @@
 
 #include "boost/config/compiler/common_edg.hpp"
 
-#ifdef __ICL
-#  define BOOST_COMPILER "Intel C++ version " BOOST_STRINGIZE(__ICL)
+#if defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+#  define BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION __INTEL_COMPILER
+#elif defined(__ICL)
 #  define BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION __ICL
-#else
-#  define BOOST_COMPILER "Intel C++ version " BOOST_STRINGIZE(__ICC)
+#elif defined(__ICC)
 #  define BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION __ICC
+#elif defined(__ECC)
+#  define BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION __ECC
 #endif
 
+#define BOOST_COMPILER "Intel C++ version " BOOST_STRINGIZE(BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION)
+#define BOOST_INTEL BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION
+
 #if (BOOST_INTEL_CXX_VERSION <= 500) && defined(_MSC_VER)
 #  define BOOST_NO_EXPLICIT_FUNCTION_TEMPLATE_ARGUMENTS
 #  define BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_TEMPLATES
diff --git a/include/boost/config/select_compiler_config.hpp b/include/boost/config/select_compiler_config.hpp
index 14780ba6..66cbad9d 100644
--- a/include/boost/config/select_compiler_config.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/config/select_compiler_config.hpp
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 //  Borland
 #   define BOOST_COMPILER_CONFIG "boost/config/compiler/borland.hpp"
 
-#elif defined(__ICL) || defined(__ICC)
+#elif defined(__INTEL_COMPILER) || defined(__ICL) || defined(__ICC) || defined(__ECC)
 //  Intel
 #   define BOOST_COMPILER_CONFIG "boost/config/compiler/intel.hpp"
 
diff --git a/test/config_info.cpp b/test/config_info.cpp
index 02c82dc0..d639bc3b 100644
--- a/test/config_info.cpp
+++ b/test/config_info.cpp
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ void print_compiler_macros()
   // misc compilers not covered so far:
   PRINT_MACRO(__ICC);
   PRINT_MACRO(__ICL);
+  PRINT_MACRO(__ECC);
   PRINT_MACRO(__INTEL_COMPILER);
   PRINT_MACRO(__USLC__);
   PRINT_MACRO(__DECCXX);
@@ -870,6 +871,7 @@ void print_boost_macros()
    PRINT_MACRO(BOOST_HAS_TWO_ARG_USE_FACET);
    PRINT_MACRO(BOOST_HAS_UNISTD_H);
    PRINT_MACRO(BOOST_HAS_WINTHREADS);
+   PRINT_MACRO(BOOST_INTEL);
    PRINT_MACRO(BOOST_MSVC);
    PRINT_MACRO(BOOST_MSVC_STD_ITERATOR);
    PRINT_MACRO(BOOST_MSVC6_MEMBER_TEMPLATES);