diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/papi/intel-freeform.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/papi/intel-freeform.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8f38b4df823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/papi/intel-freeform.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff -Naur papi-7.0.1-orig/src/components/sde/tests/Makefile papi-7.0.1/src/components/sde/tests/Makefile
+--- papi-7.0.1-orig/src/components/sde/tests/Makefile	2023-06-19 14:27:44.224943877 -0400
++++ papi-7.0.1/src/components/sde/tests/Makefile	2023-06-19 14:46:18.462536297 -0400
+@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
+ NAME=sde
+ include ../../Makefile_comp_tests.target
+ INCLUDE += -I$(datadir)/sde_lib -I..
++
++intel_compilers := ifort ifx
+ ifeq ($(notdir $(F77)),gfortran)
+ 	FFLAGS +=-ffree-form -ffree-line-length-none
+ else ifeq ($(notdir $(F77)),flang)
+ 	FFLAGS +=-ffree-form
+-else
++else ifneq ($(findstring $(notdir $(F77)),$(intel_compilers)),)
+ 	FFLAGS +=-free
+ endif
+ FFLAGS +=-g
+diff -Naur papi-7.0.1-orig/src/components/sysdetect/tests/Makefile papi-7.0.1/src/components/sysdetect/tests/Makefile
+--- papi-7.0.1-orig/src/components/sysdetect/tests/Makefile	2023-06-19 14:27:44.220943888 -0400
++++ papi-7.0.1/src/components/sysdetect/tests/Makefile	2023-06-19 14:46:20.678540592 -0400
+@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@
+     FTESTS =
+ endif
+ 
++intel_compilers := ifort ifx
+ ifeq ($(notdir $(F77)),gfortran)
+     FFLAGS +=-ffree-form -ffree-line-length-none
+ else ifeq ($(notdir $(F77)),flang)
+     FFLAGS +=-ffree-form
+-else
++else ifneq ($(findstring $(notdir $(F77)),$(intel_compilers)),)
+     FFLAGS +=-free
+ endif
+ 
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/papi/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/papi/package.py
index 0975b1a1a5e..3df81fcdaa0 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/papi/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/papi/package.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class Papi(AutotoolsPackage, ROCmPackage):
     )
     patch("crayftn-fixes.patch", when="@6.0.0:%cce@9:")
     patch("intel-oneapi-compiler-fixes.patch", when="@6.0.0:%oneapi")
+    patch("intel-freeform.patch", when="@7.0.1:%cce")
 
     configure_directory = "src"