diff --git a/config/ifort.cfg b/config/ifort.cfg
index 9be91bae..c38d6724 100644
--- a/config/ifort.cfg
+++ b/config/ifort.cfg
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ OPENMP  : 1          ; Append OpenMP flags
 # -ftz                       : Flushes denormal results to zero
 #
 [OPT]
-FCFLAGS  : -xSSE4.2 -O2 -ip -opt-prefetch -ftz -g
+FCFLAGS  : -xHost -O2 -ip -opt-prefetch -ftz -g
 
 # Profiling flags
 #################