diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-compilers/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-compilers/package.py
index 44d4fc0a9b4..b7073652555 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-compilers/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/intel-oneapi-compilers/package.py
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
         # set rpath so 'spack compiler add' can check version strings
         # without setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH
         rpath = ':'.join(self._ld_library_path())
-        patch_dirs = [join_path('compiler', 'lib', 'intel64_lin'),
+        patch_dirs = [join_path('lib'),
+                      join_path('compiler', 'lib', 'intel64_lin'),
                       join_path('compiler', 'lib', 'intel64'),
                       'bin']
         for pd in patch_dirs: