diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Bison/Bison-3.0.4-intel-2016a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Bison/Bison-3.0.4-intel-2016a.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..df48dd47dd8
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+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/b/Bison/Bison-3.0.4-intel-2016a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'Bison'
+version = '3.0.4'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.gnu.org/software/bison'
+description = """Bison is a general-purpose parser generator that converts an annotated context-free grammar
+ into a deterministic LR or generalized LR (GLR) parser employing LALR(1) parser tables."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2016a'}
+
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+
+builddependencies = [('M4', '1.4.17')]
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ["bin/%s" % x for x in ["bison", "yacc"]] + ["lib/liby.a"],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/f/flex/flex-2.5.39-intel-2016a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/f/flex/flex-2.5.39-intel-2016a.eb
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index 00000000000..419266740d4
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+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/f/flex/flex-2.5.39-intel-2016a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+name = 'flex'
+version = '2.5.39'
+
+homepage = 'http://flex.sourceforge.net/'
+description = """Flex (Fast Lexical Analyzer) is a tool for generating scanners. A scanner, 
+ sometimes called a tokenizer, is a program which recognizes lexical patterns in text."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2016a'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+source_urls = ['http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/%(namelower)s']
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/f/flex/flex-2.6.0-intel-2016a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/f/flex/flex-2.6.0-intel-2016a.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f451c3ed904
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/f/flex/flex-2.6.0-intel-2016a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name = 'flex'
+version = '2.6.0'
+
+homepage = 'http://flex.sourceforge.net/'
+description = """Flex (Fast Lexical Analyzer) is a tool for generating scanners. A scanner, 
+ sometimes called a tokenizer, is a program which recognizes lexical patterns in text."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2016a'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+source_urls = ['http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/%(namelower)s']
+
+dependencies = [('Bison', '3.0.4')]
+
+moduleclass = 'lang'
diff --git a/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/M4/M4-1.4.17-intel-2016a.eb b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/M4/M4-1.4.17-intel-2016a.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..519be6b6b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/easybuild/easyconfigs/m/M4/M4-1.4.17-intel-2016a.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'M4'
+version = '1.4.17'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.gnu.org/software/m4/m4.html'
+description = """GNU M4 is an implementation of the traditional Unix macro processor. It is mostly SVR4 compatible
+  although it has some extensions (for example, handling more than 9 positional parameters to macros).
+ GNU M4 also has built-in functions for including files, running shell commands, doing arithmetic, etc."""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'intel', 'version': '2016a'}
+
+sources = [SOURCELOWER_TAR_GZ]
+source_urls = [GNU_SOURCE]
+
+configopts = "--enable-cxx"
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ["bin/m4"],
+    'dirs': [],
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'devel'