diff --git a/Makefile.system b/Makefile.system
index b1593e8f5..8a62eb3a3 100644
--- a/Makefile.system
+++ b/Makefile.system
@@ -1042,10 +1042,12 @@ FCOMMON_OPT += -frecursive
 FCOMMON_OPT += -fno-optimize-sibling-calls
 #Don't include -lgfortran, when NO_LAPACK=1 or lsbcc
 ifneq ($(NOFORTRAN), 1)
+ifneq ($(NOFORTRAN), 2)
 ifneq ($(NO_LAPACK), 1)
 EXTRALIB += -lgfortran
 endif
 endif
+endif
 ifdef NO_BINARY_MODE
 ifeq ($(ARCH), $(filter $(ARCH),mips64))
 ifdef BINARY64