--- numpy-1.6.1/numpy/distutils/intelccompiler.py	2011-10-06 16:55:12.000000000 +0200
+++ numpy-1.6.1/numpy/distutils/intelccompiler.py	2011-10-10 10:26:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -10,11 +10,13 @@
     def __init__ (self, verbose=0, dry_run=0, force=0):
         UnixCCompiler.__init__ (self, verbose,dry_run, force)
         self.cc_exe = 'icc -fPIC'
+	self.cxx_exe = 'icpc -fPIC'
         compiler = self.cc_exe
+	compiler_cxx = self.cxx_exe
         self.set_executables(compiler=compiler,
                              compiler_so=compiler,
-                             compiler_cxx=compiler,
-                             linker_exe=compiler,
+                             compiler_cxx=compiler_cxx,
+                             linker_exe=compiler_cxx,
                              linker_so=compiler + ' -shared')
 
 class IntelItaniumCCompiler(IntelCCompiler):