diff --git a/example/gmres/CMakeLists.txt b/example/gmres/CMakeLists.txt
index 05b712af18..15bfaac95d 100644
--- a/example/gmres/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/gmres/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 KOKKOSKERNELS_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 KOKKOSKERNELS_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
+# Workaround https://github.com/kokkos/kokkos/issues/4376 for ibm/xl
+IF (NOT ${KOKKOS_COMPILER_IBM})
 KOKKOSKERNELS_ADD_EXECUTABLE(
   gmres_ex_real_A
   SOURCES ex_real_A.cpp
@@ -21,3 +23,7 @@ KOKKOSKERNELS_ADD_EXECUTABLE_AND_TEST(
   SOURCES test_prec.cpp
   )
 
+ELSE ()
+  MESSAGE (STATUS "SKIPPING gmres examples - Kokkos::complex<half_t> unsupported with ibm/xlC as host compiler")
+ENDIF ()
+