diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py
index 9bc5b423149..83503f09ed2 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/compilers/__init__.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
 _compiler_cache = {}  # type: Dict[str, spack.compiler.Compiler]
 
 _compiler_to_pkg = {
-    'clang': 'llvm+clang'
+    'clang': 'llvm+clang',
+    'oneapi': 'intel-oneapi-compilers'
 }