diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-linux-uuid/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-linux-uuid/package.py
index fef7347c7f2..c4b86089d45 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-linux-uuid/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/util-linux-uuid/package.py
@@ -46,4 +46,7 @@ def configure_args(self):
             '--enable-libuuid',
             '--disable-bash-completion',
         ]
+        # Fixes #31123.
+        if self.spec.satisfies('%intel'):
+            config_args.append('CFLAGS=-restrict')
         return config_args