diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index c07bedd95b..39dd1ec614 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ sinclude(config/cxx_find_template_repository.m4)
 sinclude(config/cxx_have_exceptions.m4)
 sinclude(config/cxx_find_exception_flags.m4)
 
+sinclude(config/f77_check_type.m4)
 sinclude(config/f77_find_ext_symbol_convention.m4)
 sinclude(config/f77_get_alignment.m4)
 sinclude(config/f77_get_sizeof.m4)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 51b28ca7c0..2034e799be 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -288,9 +288,10 @@ OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER1=0
 OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER2=0
 OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER4=0
 OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER8=0
-OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER4=0
-OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER8=0
 OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER16=0
+OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL4=0
+OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL8=0
+OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL16=0
 OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_COMPLEX8=0
 OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_COMPLEX16=0
 OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_COMPLEX32=0
@@ -331,9 +332,12 @@ else
     OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(INTEGER*2, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER2)
     OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(INTEGER*4, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER4)
     OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(INTEGER*8, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER8)
-    OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(INTEGER*4, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER4)
-    OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(INTEGER*8, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER8)
     OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(INTEGER*16, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER16)
+
+    OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(REAL*4, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL4)
+    OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(REAL*8, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL8)
+    OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(REAL*16, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL16)
+
     OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(COMPLEX*8, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_COMPLEX8)
     OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(COMPLEX*16, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_COMPLEX16)
     OMPI_F77_CHECK_TYPE(COMPLEX*32, OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_COMPLEX32)
@@ -361,12 +365,16 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER4, $OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER4,
     [Whether we have FORTRAN INTEGER4 or not])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER8, $OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER8,
     [Whether we have FORTRAN INTEGER8 or not])
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER4, $OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER4,
-    [Whether we have FORTRAN INTEGER4 or not])
-AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER8, $OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER8,
-    [Whether we have FORTRAN INTEGER8 or not])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER16, $OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_INTEGER16,
     [Whether we have FORTRAN INTEGER16 or not])
+
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL4, $OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL4,
+    [Whether we have FORTRAN REAL4 or not])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL8, $OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL8,
+    [Whether we have FORTRAN REAL8 or not])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL16, $OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_REAL16,
+    [Whether we have FORTRAN REAL16 or not])
+
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_COMPLEX8, $OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_COMPLEX8,
     [Whether we have FORTRAN COMPLEX8 or not])
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_COMPLEX16, $OMPI_HAVE_FORTRAN_COMPLEX16,