diff -r 38c2a32c56ae matplotlib-1.1.0/setup.py
--- a/matplotlib-1.1.0/setup.py	Fri Mar 02 12:29:47 2012 +0100
+++ b/matplotlib-1.1.0/setup.py	Fri Mar 02 12:30:39 2012 +0100
@@ -31,6 +31,13 @@
 if major==2 and minor1<4 or major<2:
     raise SystemExit("""matplotlib requires Python 2.4 or later.""")
 
+if "intel" in sys.argv or "icc" in sys.argv:
+    try: # make it compile with the intel compiler
+        from numpy.distutils import intelccompiler
+    except ImportError:
+        print "Compiling with the intel compiler requires numpy."
+        raise
+
 import glob
 from distutils.core import setup
 from setupext import build_agg, build_gtkagg, build_tkagg,\