diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_misc.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_misc.yml
index ac18df6295..23d92bf6a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_misc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_misc.yml
@@ -44,6 +44,13 @@ jobs:
             build_type: Release
             test_threads: 1 # snippets create and delete files and some separate tests create/delete the same files
 
+          - name: "Snippet IntelLLVM"
+            compiler: "intel"
+            build: snippet
+            build_type: Release
+            test_threads: 1 # snippets create and delete files and some separate tests create/delete the same files
+            cxx_flags: "-fp-model=strict"
+
           - name: "Performance clang17 libc++"
             compiler: "clang-17"
             build: performance
@@ -57,6 +64,13 @@ jobs:
             build_type: Release
             test_threads: 2
 
+          - name: "Performance IntelLLVM"
+            compiler: "intel"
+            build: performance
+            build_type: Release
+            test_threads: 2
+            cxx_flags: "-fp-model=strict"
+
           - name: "Header clang17 libc++"
             compiler: "clang-17"
             build: header
@@ -92,6 +106,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
       - name: Install CMake
+        if: contains(matrix.compiler, 'intel') == false
         uses: seqan/actions/setup-cmake@main
         with:
           cmake: 3.16.9
diff --git a/test/performance/alignment/global_affine_alignment_parallel_benchmark.cpp b/test/performance/alignment/global_affine_alignment_parallel_benchmark.cpp
index fbdd9ce649..978fbd23f0 100644
--- a/test/performance/alignment/global_affine_alignment_parallel_benchmark.cpp
+++ b/test/performance/alignment/global_affine_alignment_parallel_benchmark.cpp
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ void seqan2_affine_dna4_parallel(benchmark::State & state)
 BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(seqan2_affine_dna4_parallel, score)->UseRealTime();
 #endif // SEQAN3_HAS_SEQAN2
 
-// Crashes with libc++
-#if defined(SEQAN3_HAS_SEQAN2) && defined(_OPENMP) && !defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION)
+// Crashes with libc++ or IntelLLVM
+#if defined(SEQAN3_HAS_SEQAN2) && defined(_OPENMP) && !defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION) && !defined(__INTEL_LLVM_COMPILER)
 template <typename result_t>
 void seqan2_affine_dna4_omp_for(benchmark::State & state)
 {
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ void seqan2_affine_dna4_omp_for(benchmark::State & state)
 
 BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(seqan2_affine_dna4_omp_for, score)->UseRealTime();
 BENCHMARK_TEMPLATE(seqan2_affine_dna4_omp_for, trace)->UseRealTime();
-#endif // defined(SEQAN3_HAS_SEQAN2) && defined(_OPENMP) && !defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION)
+#endif // defined(SEQAN3_HAS_SEQAN2) && defined(_OPENMP) && !defined(_LIBCPP_VERSION) && !defined(__INTEL_LLVM_COMPILER)
 
 // ============================================================================
 //  instantiate tests
diff --git a/test/seqan3-test.cmake b/test/seqan3-test.cmake
index 1d383783bd..8587a99c8f 100644
--- a/test/seqan3-test.cmake
+++ b/test/seqan3-test.cmake
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.10)
 # require SeqAn3 package
 find_package (SeqAn3 REQUIRED HINTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../build_system)
 
+include (CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
 include (CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
 include (FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 include (FindPackageMessage)
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ if (NOT TARGET seqan3::test::performance)
     # std::views::join is experimental in libc++
     target_compile_definitions (seqan3_test_performance INTERFACE _LIBCPP_ENABLE_EXPERIMENTAL)
 
-    if (SEQAN3_BENCHMARK_ALIGN_LOOPS)
+    check_cxx_compiler_flag ("-falign-loops=32" SEQAN3_HAS_FALIGN_LOOPS)
+    if (SEQAN3_BENCHMARK_ALIGN_LOOPS AND SEQAN3_HAS_FALIGN_LOOPS)
         target_compile_options (seqan3_test_performance INTERFACE "-falign-loops=32")
     endif ()