diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2023-07-23-00-38-51.gh-issue-106962.VVYrWB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2023-07-23-00-38-51.gh-issue-106962.VVYrWB.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32e196fe26d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Build/2023-07-23-00-38-51.gh-issue-106962.VVYrWB.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Detect MPI compilers in :file:`configure`.
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e6fb5e3c2b0..18d404c8dc0 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -10154,6 +10154,9 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam \
 esac
 
 case "$CC" in
+*mpicc*)
+    CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST"
+    ;;
 *icc*)
     # ICC needs -fp-model strict or floats behave badly
     CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST -fp-model strict"
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index a1ee7804769..cdb88a30719 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2656,6 +2656,9 @@ yes)
 esac
 
 case "$CC" in
+*mpicc*)
+    CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST"
+    ;;
 *icc*)
     # ICC needs -fp-model strict or floats behave badly
     CFLAGS_NODIST="$CFLAGS_NODIST -fp-model strict"