diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py
index 2cef82eafa5..f49eec86a56 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/paraview/package.py
@@ -236,4 +236,11 @@ def nvariant_bool(feature):
                 '-DGIT_EXECUTABLE=FALSE'
             ])
 
+        # A bug that has been found in vtk causes an error for
+        # intel builds for version 5.6.  This should be revisited
+        # with later versions of Paraview to see if the issues still
+        # arises.
+        if '%intel' in spec and spec.version >= Version('5.6'):
+            cmake_args.append('-DPARAVIEW_ENABLE_MOTIONFX:BOOL=OFF')
+
         return cmake_args
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vtk/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vtk/package.py
index 031bb210d05..3ce93c51250 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vtk/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/vtk/package.py
@@ -253,4 +253,8 @@ def cmake_args(self):
                 self.compiler.version >= Version('5.1.0')):
                 cmake_args.extend(['-DVTK_REQUIRED_OBJCXX_FLAGS=""'])
 
+            # A bug in tao pegtl causes build failures with intel compilers
+            if '%intel' in spec and spec.version >= Version('8.2'):
+                cmake_args.append(
+                    '-DVTK_MODULE_ENABLE_VTK_IOMotionFX:BOOL=OFF')
         return cmake_args