diff --git a/CMake/VTKmCompilerOptimizations.cmake b/CMake/VTKmCompilerOptimizations.cmake
index c9aae979c..7743fc0d3 100644
--- a/CMake/VTKmCompilerOptimizations.cmake
+++ b/CMake/VTKmCompilerOptimizations.cmake
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel")
   set(avx2_flags -xCORE-AVX2)
 
   if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 15.0)
+    message(STATUS "While Intel ICC 14.0 and lower support #pragma simd")
+    message(STATUS "The code that is generated in testing has caused SIGBUS")
+    message(STATUS "runtime signals to be thrown. We recommend you upgrade")
+    message(STATUS "or disable vectorization.")
+  elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 16.0)
     list(APPEND vec_levels avx avx2)
   else()
     list(APPEND vec_levels avx avx2 avx512 knl)
diff --git a/vtkm/internal/Configure.h.in b/vtkm/internal/Configure.h.in
index 58c73adf8..fc2892432 100644
--- a/vtkm/internal/Configure.h.in
+++ b/vtkm/internal/Configure.h.in
@@ -170,8 +170,12 @@
 
 //Determine if current compiler supports vectorization pragma's
 //if so set the define VTKM_COMPILER_SUPPORTS_VECTOR_PRAGMAS
+//
+//While ICC 14 does support simd pragma, in testing we find that the
+//simd code produces SIGBUS and isn't safe to use.
+//
 #if ( defined(VTKM_GCC) && ( __GNUC__ > 4 || (__GNUC__ == 4 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >= 9)  ) ) || \
-    ( defined(VTKM_ICC) && (__INTEL_COMPILER >= 1400) ) || \
+    ( defined(VTKM_ICC) && (__INTEL_COMPILER >= 1500) ) || \
     ( defined(VTKM_CLANG) && defined(__apple_build_version__) && (__apple_build_version__ >= 7000000) ) || \
     ( defined(VTKM_CLANG) && !defined(__apple_build_version__) && (__clang_major__ > 3) ) || \
     ( defined(VTKM_CLANG) && !defined(__apple_build_version__) && (__clang_major__ == 3 && __clang_minor__ >= 5) )