diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/random123/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/random123/package.py
index 7cc754a5bdd..bc958abe38c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/random123/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/random123/package.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Random123(Package):
 
     patch('ibmxl.patch', when='@1.09')
     patch('arm-gcc.patch', when='@1.09')
+    patch('v1132-xl161.patch', when='@1.13.2')
 
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
         # Random123 doesn't have a build system.
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/random123/v1132-xl161.patch b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/random123/v1132-xl161.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..398de3cc2a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/random123/v1132-xl161.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/include/Random123/features/compilerfeatures.h b/include/Random123/features/compilerfeatures.h
+index 2341a7a..3c5d999 100644
+--- a/include/Random123/features/compilerfeatures.h
++++ b/include/Random123/features/compilerfeatures.h
+@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ added to each of the *features.h files, AND to examples/ut_features.cpp.
+ #include "nvccfeatures.h"
+ #elif defined(__ICC)
+ #include "iccfeatures.h"
+-#elif defined(__xlC__)
++#elif defined(__xlC__) || defined(__ibmxl__)
+ #include "xlcfeatures.h"
+ #elif defined(__SUNPRO_C) || defined(__SUNPRO_CC)
+ #include "sunprofeatures.h"