diff --git a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
index eff40a849..754c875cd 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@ protected:
             /* Without these pragmas, GCC warns that there might not be
                enough space to use the placement new operator. However, the
                'if' statement above ensures that this is the case. */
-#if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__clang__) && __GNUC__ >= 6
+#if defined(__GNUG__) && __GNUC__ >= 6 && !defined(__clang__) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 #  pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #  pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wplacement-new"
 #endif
             new ((capture *) &rec->data) capture { std::forward<Func>(f) };
-#if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__clang__) && __GNUC__ >= 6
+#if defined(__GNUG__) && __GNUC__ >= 6 && !defined(__clang__) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 #  pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #endif
             if (!std::is_trivially_destructible<Func>::value)
@@ -2283,6 +2283,6 @@ PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(PYBIND11_NAMESPACE)
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 #  pragma warning(pop)
-#elif defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__clang__)
+#elif defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__clang__) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 #  pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ff6c0dd9..3d8940491 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -268,8 +268,15 @@ function(pybind11_enable_warnings target_name)
       target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE /WX)
     elseif(PYBIND11_CUDA_TESTS)
       target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE "SHELL:-Werror all-warnings")
-    elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "(GNU|Intel|Clang)")
+    elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "(GNU|Clang|IntelLLVM)")
       target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -Werror)
+    elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel")
+      target_compile_options(
+        ${target_name}
+        PRIVATE
+          -Werror-all
+          # "Inlining inhibited by limit max-size", "Inlining inhibited by limit max-total-size"
+          -diag-disable 11074,11076)
     endif()
   endif()
 
diff --git a/tests/test_constants_and_functions.cpp b/tests/test_constants_and_functions.cpp
index 8855dd7d7..5bbbd0c70 100644
--- a/tests/test_constants_and_functions.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_constants_and_functions.cpp
@@ -56,12 +56,12 @@ int f1(int x) noexcept { return x+1; }
 #endif
 int f2(int x) noexcept(true) { return x+2; }
 int f3(int x) noexcept(false) { return x+3; }
-#if defined(__GNUG__)
+#if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 #  pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #  pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated"
 #endif
 int f4(int x) throw() { return x+4; } // Deprecated equivalent to noexcept(true)
-#if defined(__GNUG__)
+#if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 #  pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #endif
 struct C {
@@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ struct C {
     int m4(int x) const noexcept(true) { return x-4; }
     int m5(int x) noexcept(false) { return x-5; }
     int m6(int x) const noexcept(false) { return x-6; }
-#if defined(__GNUG__)
+#if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 #  pragma GCC diagnostic push
 #  pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdeprecated"
 #endif
     int m7(int x) throw() { return x-7; }
     int m8(int x) const throw() { return x-8; }
-#if defined(__GNUG__)
+#if defined(__GNUG__) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
 #  pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #endif
 };
diff --git a/tests/test_operator_overloading.cpp b/tests/test_operator_overloading.cpp
index 0a27bfd57..eb3167dc0 100644
--- a/tests/test_operator_overloading.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_operator_overloading.cpp
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ std::string abs(const Vector2&) {
     return "abs(Vector2)";
 }
 
-// MSVC warns about unknown pragmas, and warnings are errors.
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
+// MSVC & Intel warns about unknown pragmas, and warnings are errors.
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
   #pragma GCC diagnostic push
   // clang 7.0.0 and Apple LLVM 10.0.1 introduce `-Wself-assign-overloaded` to
   // `-Wall`, which is used here for overloading (e.g. `py::self += py::self `).
@@ -221,6 +221,6 @@ TEST_SUBMODULE(operators, m) {
         .def(py::self == py::self);
 }
 
-#ifndef _MSC_VER
+#if !defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
   #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 #endif