diff --git a/repos/c2sm/packages/icon/package.py b/repos/c2sm/packages/icon/package.py
index 2469c859ef..c9df02efdf 100755
--- a/repos/c2sm/packages/icon/package.py
+++ b/repos/c2sm/packages/icon/package.py
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@ class Icon(AutotoolsPackage, CudaPackage):
         'Create a Fortran compile group: GROUP;files;flag \nNote: flag can only be one single value, i.e. -O1'
     )
 
+    variant('nvtx', default=False, description='Enable NVTX for profiling')
+
     # verbosity
     variant('silent-rules',
             default=True,
@@ -279,6 +281,11 @@ class Icon(AutotoolsPackage, CudaPackage):
 
     conflicts('+loop-exchange', when='gpu=openacc+cuda')
 
+    # nvtx is only supported for nvhpc
+    conflicts('+nvtx', when='%cce')
+    conflicts('+nvtx', when='%gcc')
+    conflicts('+nvtx', when='%intel')
+
     # Flag to mark if we build out-of-source
     # Needed to trigger sync of input files for experiments
     out_of_source_build = False
@@ -526,6 +533,10 @@ def configure_args(self):
         if '+pytorch' in self.spec:
             libs += self.spec['pytorch-fortran'].libs
 
+        if '+nvtx' in self.spec:
+            flags['FCFLAGS'].append('-D_USE_NVTX')
+            flags['LIBS'].append('-lnvhpcwrapnvtx')
+
         fcgroup = self.spec.variants['fcgroup'].value
         # ('none',) is the values spack assign if fcgroup is not set
         if fcgroup != ('none', ):