diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/h/HPL/HPL-2.2-intel-2017b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/h/HPL/HPL-2.2-intel-2017b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6fb24071961e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/h/HPL/HPL-2.2-intel-2017b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name = 'HPL'
+version = '2.2'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/hpl/'
+description = """HPL is a software package that solves a (random) dense linear system in double precision (64 bits)
+ arithmetic on distributed-memory computers. It can thus be regarded as a portable as well as freely available
+ implementation of the High Performance Computing Linpack Benchmark."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2017b'}
+toolchainopts = {'usempi': True}
+
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+source_urls = ['http://www.netlib.org/benchmark/%(namelower)s']
+checksums = ['ac7534163a09e21a5fa763e4e16dfc119bc84043f6e6a807aba666518f8df440']
+
+# fix Make dependencies, so parallel build also works
+patches = ['HPL_parallel-make.patch']
+
+moduleclass = 'tools'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/icc/icc-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/icc/icc-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..718eae9dd75f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/icc/icc-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# This is an easyconfig file for EasyBuild, see http://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild
+
+name = 'icc'
+version = '2017.4.196'
+
+homepage = 'http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-compilers/'
+description = "Intel C and C++ compilers"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': 'dummy'}
+
+sources = ['parallel_studio_xe_%(version_major)s_update%(version_minor)s_composer_edition_for_cpp.tgz']
+
+checksums = ['6b9b57dada0ec68e394866ec0a8b162c9233de18a7a6dd2dcc956d335e06acbc']
+
+gccver = '6.4.0'
+binutilsver = '2.28'
+versionsuffix = '-GCC-%s-%s' % (gccver, binutilsver)
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('GCCcore', gccver),
+    ('binutils', binutilsver, '', ('GCCcore', gccver)),
+]
+
+# list of regex for components to install
+# full list of components can be obtained from pset/mediaconfig.xml in unpacked sources
+# cfr. https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-composer-xe-2015-silent-installation-guide
+components = ['intel-comp', 'intel-ccomp', 'intel-icc', 'intel-openmp', 'intel-ipsc?_', 'intel-gdb(?!.*mic)']
+
+dontcreateinstalldir = 'True'
+
+license_file = HOME + '/licenses/intel/license.lic'
+
+moduleclass = 'compiler'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/iccifort/iccifort-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/iccifort/iccifort-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a34c1351e05a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/iccifort/iccifort-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# This is an easyconfig file for EasyBuild, see http://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild
+easyblock = 'Toolchain'
+
+name = 'iccifort'
+version = '2017.4.196'
+versionsuffix = '-GCC-6.4.0-2.28'
+
+homepage = 'http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-cluster-toolkit-compiler/'
+description = "Intel C, C++ & Fortran compilers"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': 'dummy'}
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('icc', version, versionsuffix),
+    ('ifort', version, versionsuffix),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'toolchain'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/ifort/ifort-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/ifort/ifort-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9fc6419c665c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/ifort/ifort-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# This is an easyconfig file for EasyBuild, see http://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild
+
+name = 'ifort'
+version = '2017.4.196'
+
+homepage = 'http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-compilers/'
+description = "Intel Fortran compiler"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': 'dummy'}
+
+sources = ['parallel_studio_xe_%(version_major)s_update%(version_minor)s_composer_edition_for_fortran.tgz']
+
+checksums = ['0b6a222e015f776600b12b17c19506249c9e7691a8d287f44cd40a66ca9ac749']
+
+# remove dependency on intel-mpi-rt-mic
+patches = ['ifort_2017_no_mpi_mic_dependency.patch']
+
+gccver = '6.4.0'
+binutilsver = '2.28'
+versionsuffix = '-GCC-%s-%s' % (gccver, binutilsver)
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('GCCcore', gccver),
+    ('binutils', binutilsver, '', ('GCCcore', gccver)),
+]
+
+# list of regex for components to install
+# full list of components can be obtained from pset/mediaconfig.xml in unpacked sources
+# cfr. https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-composer-xe-2015-silent-installation-guide
+components = ['intel-comp', 'intel-fcomp', 'intel-ifort', 'intel-openmp', 'intel-ipsf?_', 'intel-gdb(?!.*mic)']
+
+dontcreateinstalldir = 'True'
+
+license_file = HOME + '/licenses/intel/license.lic'
+
+moduleclass = 'compiler'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/iimpi/iimpi-2017b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/iimpi/iimpi-2017b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..76e9e5a6d7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/iimpi/iimpi-2017b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# This is an easyconfig file for EasyBuild, see http://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild
+easyblock = "Toolchain"
+
+name = 'iimpi'
+version = '2017b'
+
+homepage = 'http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-cluster-toolkit-compiler/'
+description = """Intel C/C++ and Fortran compilers, alongside Intel MPI."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': 'dummy'}
+
+compver = '2017.4.196'
+suff = '-GCC-6.4.0-2.28'
+dependencies = [
+    ('icc', compver, suff),
+    ('ifort', compver, suff),
+    ('impi', '2017.3.196', '', ('iccifort', '%s%s' % (compver, suff))),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'toolchain'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/imkl/imkl-2017.3.196-iimpi-2017b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/imkl/imkl-2017.3.196-iimpi-2017b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9199c8b2b8f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/imkl/imkl-2017.3.196-iimpi-2017b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# This is an easyconfig file for EasyBuild, see http://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild
+
+name = 'imkl'
+version = '2017.3.196'
+
+homepage = 'http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-mkl/'
+description = """Intel Math Kernel Library (MKL), a library of highly optimized,
+ extensively threaded math functions, including BLAS, (Sca)LAPACK, Fast Fourier Transforms (FFT), etc."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'iimpi', 'version': '2017b'}
+
+sources = ['l_mkl_%(version)s.tgz']
+checksums = ['fd7295870fa164d6138c9818304f25f2bb263c814a6c6539c9fe4e104055f1ca']
+
+dontcreateinstalldir = 'True'
+
+interfaces = True
+
+postinstallcmds = [
+    # extract the examples
+    'tar xvzf %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/examples_cluster_c.tgz -C %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/',
+    'tar xvzf %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/examples_cluster_f.tgz -C %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/',
+    'tar xvzf %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/examples_core_c.tgz -C %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/',
+    'tar xvzf %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/examples_core_f.tgz -C %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/',
+    'tar xvzf %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/examples_f95.tgz -C %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/',
+    'tar xvzf %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/examples_mic_f.tgz -C %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/',
+    'tar xvzf %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/examples_mic_c.tgz -C %(installdir)s/mkl/examples/',
+]
+
+modextravars = {
+    'MKL_EXAMPLES': '%(installdir)s/mkl/examples/',
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'numlib'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/impi/impi-2017.3.196-iccifort-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/impi/impi-2017.3.196-iccifort-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bd671dc90657
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/impi/impi-2017.3.196-iccifort-2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# This is an easyconfig file for EasyBuild, see http://easybuilders.github.io/easybuild
+
+name = 'impi'
+version = '2017.3.196'
+
+homepage = 'http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-mpi-library/'
+description = "Intel MPI Library, compatible with MPICH ABI"
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'iccifort', 'version': '2017.4.196-GCC-6.4.0-2.28'}
+
+sources = ['l_mpi_%(version)s.tgz']
+
+checksums = ['dad9efbc5bbd3fd27cce7e1e2507ad77f342d5ecc929747ae141c890e7fb87f0']
+
+dontcreateinstalldir = 'True'
+
+components = ['intel-mpi', 'intel-psxe', 'intel-imb']
+
+# set up all the mpi commands to default to intel compilers
+# set_mpi_wrappers_all = 'True'
+
+postinstallcmds = [
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpi.so  %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpich.so',
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpigc4.so  %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpichcxx.so',
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpigf.so %(installdir)s/lib64/libfmpich.so',
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpigf.so %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpichf90.so',
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpi.so %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpl.so',
+    'ln -s %(installdir)s/lib64/libmpi.so %(installdir)s/lib64/libopa.so'
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'mpi'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/intel/intel-2017b.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/intel/intel-2017b.eb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..06ebd20c1fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/i/intel/intel-2017b.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+easyblock = 'Toolchain'
+
+name = 'intel'
+version = '2017b'
+
+homepage = 'http://software.intel.com/en-us/intel-cluster-toolkit-compiler/'
+description = "Compiler toolchain including Intel compilers, Intel MPI and Intel Math Kernel Library (MKL)."
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'dummy', 'version': 'dummy'}
+
+compver = '2017.4.196'
+gccver = '6.4.0'
+binutilsver = '2.28'
+gccsuff = '-GCC-%s-%s' % (gccver, binutilsver)
+dependencies = [
+    ('GCCcore', gccver),
+    ('binutils', binutilsver, '-GCCcore-%s' % gccver),
+    ('icc', compver, gccsuff),
+    ('ifort', compver, gccsuff),
+    ('impi', '2017.3.196', '', ('iccifort', '%s%s' % (compver, gccsuff))),
+    ('imkl', '2017.3.196', '', ('iimpi', version)),
+]
+
+moduleclass = 'toolchain'