diff --git a/api/include/opentelemetry/common/spin_lock_mutex.h b/api/include/opentelemetry/common/spin_lock_mutex.h
index 764b5fc6b8..1877c8eb40 100644
--- a/api/include/opentelemetry/common/spin_lock_mutex.h
+++ b/api/include/opentelemetry/common/spin_lock_mutex.h
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
 #  if defined(__clang__)
 #    include <emmintrin.h>
+#  elif defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
+#    include <immintrin.h>
 #  endif
 #endif
 
@@ -65,7 +67,7 @@ class SpinLockMutex
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
     YieldProcessor();
 #elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
-#  if defined(__clang__)
+#  if defined(__clang__) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
     _mm_pause();
 #  else
     __builtin_ia32_pause();
diff --git a/api/test/common/spinlock_benchmark.cc b/api/test/common/spinlock_benchmark.cc
index 50a8bade73..53ea633d16 100644
--- a/api/test/common/spinlock_benchmark.cc
+++ b/api/test/common/spinlock_benchmark.cc
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static void BM_ProcYieldSpinLockThrashing(benchmark::State &s)
 #if defined(_MSC_VER)
           YieldProcessor();
 #elif defined(__i386__) || defined(__x86_64__)
-#  if defined(__clang__)
+#  if defined(__clang__) || defined(__INTEL_COMPILER)
           _mm_pause();
 #  else
           __builtin_ia32_pause();