diff --git a/README b/README
index 4829ad4c22..173b47b81a 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -361,10 +361,20 @@ Compiler Notes
     (but are, as yet, only lightly tested).  It is expected that this
     support will mature over time.
 
-    As of this release, the GNU Fortran compiler (gfortran) is *not*
-    supported with the mpi_f08 module.  It is likely that a future
-    release of Open MPI will provide an mpi_f08 module that will be
-    compatible with gfortran >= v4.9.
+    There is a bug in Open MPI's mpi_f08 module that will (correctly)
+    cause a compile failure when Open MPI is built with a
+    strict-adherence Fortran compiler.  As of this writing, such
+    compilers include the (as-yet-unreleased) GNU Fortran compiler
+    v4.9 and the Pathscale EKOPath 5.0 compiler (although Pathscale
+    has committed to releasing version 5.1 that works around Open
+    MPI's bug -- kudos!).  A future version of Open MPI will fix this
+    bug.  See https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/4157 for more
+    details.
+
+    The GNU Fortran compiler (gfortran) version < v4.9 is *not*
+    supported with the mpi_f08 module.  Per the previous paragraph, it
+    is likely that a future release of Open MPI will provide an
+    mpi_f08 module that will be compatible with gfortran >= v4.9.
 
   - All Fortran compilers support the mpif.h/shmem.fh-based bindings.
 
@@ -1215,7 +1225,8 @@ MPI FUNCTIONALITY
 
   * With no value for BINDING (i.e., just "--enable-mpi-fortran"):
     synonym for BINDING=all
-  * BINDING=all or yes: attempt to build all 3 Fortran bindings
+  * BINDING=all or yes: attempt to build all 3 Fortran bindings; skip
+    any binding that cannot be built
   * BINDING=mpifh: build mpif.h support
   * BINDING=usempi: build mpif.h and "mpi" module support
   * BINDING=usempif08: build mpif.h, "mpi" module, and "mpi_f08"
diff --git a/config/ompi_fortran_check_ticket_4157.m4 b/config/ompi_fortran_check_ticket_4157.m4
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7f3c92068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/ompi_fortran_check_ticket_4157.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+dnl -*- shell-script -*-
+dnl
+dnl Copyright (c) 2014 Cisco Systems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+dnl $COPYRIGHT$
+dnl 
+dnl Additional copyrights may follow
+dnl 
+dnl $HEADER$
+dnl
+
+# Special check for ticket 4157.  This test will eventually disappear.
+# See https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/4157.
+#
+# OMPI_FORTRAN_CHECK_TICKET_4157([action if happy], [action if not happy])
+# ----------------------------------------------------
+AC_DEFUN([OMPI_FORTRAN_CHECK_TICKET_4157],[
+    AS_VAR_PUSHDEF([ticket_4157_var], [ompi_cv_fortran_ticket_4157])
+
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for ticket 4157 issues], ticket_4157_var,
+       [AC_LANG_PUSH([Fortran])
+        AC_COMPILE_IFELSE([AC_LANG_SOURCE([[
+MODULE MY_ABSTRACT_MODULE
+  ABSTRACT INTERFACE
+     SUBROUTINE ABSTRACT_INTERFACE(A, B)
+       IMPLICIT NONE
+       INTEGER :: A
+       LOGICAL :: B
+     END SUBROUTINE ABSTRACT_INTERFACE
+  END INTERFACE
+END MODULE MY_ABSTRACT_MODULE  
+
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
+MODULE MY_CONCRETE_MODULE
+  INTERFACE
+     SUBROUTINE MY_CONCRETE_SUB(A, B)
+       IMPLICIT NONE
+       INTEGER :: A
+       LOGICAL :: B
+     END SUBROUTINE MY_CONCRETE_SUB
+  END INTERFACE
+END MODULE MY_CONCRETE_MODULE
+
+SUBROUTINE MY_CONCRETE_SUB(A, B)
+  IMPLICIT NONE
+  INTEGER :: A
+  LOGICAL :: B
+
+  PRINT *, "I'm in MY_CONCRETE_SUB", A, B
+END SUBROUTINE MY_CONCRETE_SUB
+
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
+MODULE MY_MODULE
+  INTERFACE
+     SUBROUTINE MY_SUB(A, B) BIND(C, NAME="FOO")
+       USE MY_ABSTRACT_MODULE
+       IMPLICIT NONE
+       INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: A
+       PROCEDURE(ABSTRACT_INTERFACE) :: B
+     END SUBROUTINE MY_SUB
+  END INTERFACE
+END MODULE MY_MODULE
+
+SUBROUTINE MY_SUB(A, B) BIND(C, NAME="FOO")
+  USE MY_ABSTRACT_MODULE
+  IMPLICIT NONE
+  INTEGER, INTENT(IN) :: A
+  PROCEDURE(ABSTRACT_INTERFACE) :: B
+
+  LOGICAL :: C
+
+  C = .TRUE.
+  PRINT *, "I'm in MY_SUB", A, C
+  CALL B(A, C)
+END SUBROUTINE MY_SUB
+
+!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+
+PROGRAM TEST_ABSTRACT_PROCEDURE
+  USE MY_ABSTRACT_MODULE
+  USE MY_CONCRETE_MODULE
+  USE MY_MODULE
+  IMPLICIT NONE
+  INTEGER :: FOO
+
+  FOO = 3
+  CALL MY_SUB(FOO, MY_CONCRETE_SUB)
+END PROGRAM TEST_ABSTRACT_PROCEDURE
+]])],
+             [AS_VAR_SET(ticket_4157_var, happy)],
+             [AS_VAR_SET(ticket_4157_var, unhappy)])
+        AC_LANG_POP([Fortran])
+       ])
+
+    AS_VAR_IF(ticket_4157_var, [happy], [$1], [$2])
+    AS_VAR_POPDEF([ticket_4157_var])
+])
diff --git a/config/ompi_setup_mpi_fortran.m4 b/config/ompi_setup_mpi_fortran.m4
index cf419686db..61c1c9e079 100644
--- a/config/ompi_setup_mpi_fortran.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_setup_mpi_fortran.m4
@@ -448,6 +448,22 @@ AC_DEFUN([OMPI_SETUP_MPI_FORTRAN],[
                [OMPI_FORTRAN_HAVE_PROCEDURE=1],
                [OMPI_FORTRAN_HAVE_PROCEDURE=0])])
 
+    # Per https://svn.open-mpi.org/trac/ompi/ticket/4157, temporarily
+    # disqualify the fortran compiler if it exhibits the behavior
+    # described in that ticket.  Short version: OMPI does something
+    # non-Fortran that we don't have time to fix 1.7.4.  So we just
+    # disqualify Fortran compilers who actually enforce this issue,
+    # and we'll fix OMPI to be Fortran-compliant after 1.7.4
+    AS_IF([test $OMPI_WANT_FORTRAN_USEMPIF08_BINDINGS -eq 1 && \
+           test $OMPI_BUILD_FORTRAN_USEMPIF08_BINDINGS -eq 1 && \
+           test $OMPI_FORTRAN_HAVE_PROCEDURE -eq 1 && \
+           test $OMPI_FORTRAN_HAVE_ABSTRACT -eq 1],
+          [ # Check for ticket 4157
+           OMPI_FORTRAN_CHECK_TICKET_4157(
+               [],
+               [ # If we don't have this, don't build the mpi_f08 module
+                OMPI_BUILD_FORTRAN_USEMPIF08_BINDINGS=0])])
+
     OMPI_FORTRAN_F08_HANDLE_SIZE=4
     AS_IF([test $OMPI_WANT_FORTRAN_USEMPIF08_BINDINGS -eq 1 -a \
            $OMPI_BUILD_FORTRAN_USEMPIF08_BINDINGS -eq 1],