diff --git a/Modules/FindMPI.cmake b/Modules/FindMPI.cmake
index 545b07761..06ecfaa8f 100644
--- a/Modules/FindMPI.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindMPI.cmake
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ function (_mpi_check_compiler compiler options cmdvar resvar)
   # Intel MPI 5.0.1 will return a zero return code even when the
   # argument to the MPI compiler wrapper is unknown.  Attempt to
   # catch this case.
-  if("${cmdline}" MATCHES "undefined reference")
+  if(cmdline MATCHES "undefined reference" OR cmdline MATCHES "unrecognized")
     set(success 255 )
   endif()
   set(${cmdvar} "${cmdline}" PARENT_SCOPE)