diff --git a/cmake/system.cmake b/cmake/system.cmake
index 4f067bc99..fd39017d4 100644
--- a/cmake/system.cmake
+++ b/cmake/system.cmake
@@ -616,7 +616,8 @@ if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Windows")
   endforeach ()
 endif ()
 
-if ("${F_COMPILER}" STREQUAL "NAG" OR "${F_COMPILER}" STREQUAL "CRAY" OR "${F_COMPILER}" STREQUAL "FLANGNEW")
+message(STATUS "FC is ${F_COMPILER}")
+if (${F_COMPILER} STREQUAL "NAG" OR ${F_COMPILER} STREQUAL "CRAY" OR ${F_COMPILER} STREQUAL "FLANGNEW")
   set(FILTER_FLAGS "-msse3;-mssse3;-msse4.1;-mavx;-mavx2,-mskylake-avx512")
   if ("${F_COMPILER}" STREQUAL "FLANGNEW")
     set(FILTER_FLAGS "${FILTER_FLAGS};-m32;-m64")