diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e3abf0fc..713d22b6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,8 +92,13 @@ else()
     add_cxx_compiler_flag(-Wzero-as-null-pointer-constant)
   endif()
   if (HAVE_CXX_FLAG_FSTRICT_ALIASING)
-    add_cxx_compiler_flag(-Wstrict-aliasing)
+    if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel") #ICC17u2: Many false positives for Wstrict-aliasing
+      add_cxx_compiler_flag(-Wstrict-aliasing)
+    endif()
   endif()
+  # ICC17u2: overloaded virtual function "benchmark::Fixture::SetUp" is only partially overridden
+  # (because of deprecated overload)
+  add_cxx_compiler_flag(-wd654)  
   add_cxx_compiler_flag(-Wthread-safety)
   if (HAVE_CXX_FLAG_WTHREAD_SAFETY)
     cxx_feature_check(THREAD_SAFETY_ATTRIBUTES)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44466379..f16a9d79 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -643,6 +643,7 @@ The following minimum versions are strongly recommended build the library:
 * GCC 4.8
 * Clang 3.4
 * Visual Studio 2013
+* Intel 2015 Update 1
 
 Anything older *may* work.
 
diff --git a/test/benchmark_test.cc b/test/benchmark_test.cc
index dfcf0920..57731331 100644
--- a/test/benchmark_test.cc
+++ b/test/benchmark_test.cc
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static void BM_LongTest(benchmark::State& state) {
 BENCHMARK(BM_LongTest)->Range(1 << 16, 1 << 28);
 
 static void BM_ParallelMemset(benchmark::State& state) {
-  int size = state.range(0) / sizeof(int);
+  int size = state.range(0) / static_cast<int>(sizeof(int));
   int thread_size = size / state.threads;
   int from = thread_size * state.thread_index;
   int to = from + thread_size;
diff --git a/test/output_test_helper.cc b/test/output_test_helper.cc
index 721d39f9..54c028a6 100644
--- a/test/output_test_helper.cc
+++ b/test/output_test_helper.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ TestCaseList& GetTestCaseList(TestCaseID ID) {
 
 SubMap& GetSubstitutions() {
   // Don't use 'dec_re' from header because it may not yet be initialized.
-  static std::string dec_re = "[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]+([eE][-+][0-9]+)?";
+  static std::string safe_dec_re = "[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]+([eE][-+][0-9]+)?";
   static SubMap map = {
       {"%float", "[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]+([eE][-+][0-9]+)?"},
       {"%int", "[ ]*[0-9]+"},
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ SubMap& GetSubstitutions() {
       {"%time", "[ ]*[0-9]{1,5} ns"},
       {"%console_report", "[ ]*[0-9]{1,5} ns [ ]*[0-9]{1,5} ns [ ]*[0-9]+"},
       {"%console_us_report", "[ ]*[0-9] us [ ]*[0-9] us [ ]*[0-9]+"},
-      {"%csv_report", "[0-9]+," + dec_re + "," + dec_re + ",ns,,,,,"},
-      {"%csv_us_report", "[0-9]+," + dec_re + "," + dec_re + ",us,,,,,"},
+      {"%csv_report", "[0-9]+," + safe_dec_re + "," + safe_dec_re + ",ns,,,,,"},
+      {"%csv_us_report", "[0-9]+," + safe_dec_re + "," + safe_dec_re + ",us,,,,,"},
       {"%csv_bytes_report",
-       "[0-9]+," + dec_re + "," + dec_re + ",ns," + dec_re + ",,,,"},
+       "[0-9]+," + safe_dec_re + "," + safe_dec_re + ",ns," + safe_dec_re + ",,,,"},
       {"%csv_items_report",
-       "[0-9]+," + dec_re + "," + dec_re + ",ns,," + dec_re + ",,,"},
-      {"%csv_label_report_begin", "[0-9]+," + dec_re + "," + dec_re + ",ns,,,"},
+       "[0-9]+," + safe_dec_re + "," + safe_dec_re + ",ns,," + safe_dec_re + ",,,"},
+      {"%csv_label_report_begin", "[0-9]+," + safe_dec_re + "," + safe_dec_re + ",ns,,,"},
       {"%csv_label_report_end", ",,"}};
   return map;
 }