diff --git a/Makefile.x86_64 b/Makefile.x86_64
index f14a8a8ff..d5e9cbfc7 100644
--- a/Makefile.x86_64
+++ b/Makefile.x86_64
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ ifeq ($(C_COMPILER), CLANG)
 CCOMMON_OPT += -mavx2
 endif
 endif
+ifeq ($(NOFORTRAN), $(filter 0,$(NOFORTRAN)))
 ifeq ($(F_COMPILER), GFORTRAN)
 # AVX2 support was added in 4.7.0
 GCCVERSIONGTEQ4 := $(shell expr `$(FC) -dumpversion | cut -f1 -d.` \>= 4)
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ endif
 endif
 endif
 endif
+endif
 
 endif