diff --git a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/fms/package.py b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/fms/package.py
index 3d33e4e1aea..1c60b1839c7 100644
--- a/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/fms/package.py
+++ b/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/fms/package.py
@@ -169,4 +169,9 @@ def cmake_args(self):
             self.define_from_variant("USE_DEPRECATED_IO", "deprecated_io"),
         ]
 
+        # oneapi ifort / ifx aggressively optimize floating point exception checks
+        if self.spec.satisfies("%oneapi@2023:"):
+            fflags = "-fp-model=precise -fp-speculation=safe"
+            args.extend(["-DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS=%s" % fflags])
+
         return args