diff --git a/config/ompi_config_pthreads.m4 b/config/ompi_config_pthreads.m4
index c1bfd5f81a..7543e5a257 100644
--- a/config/ompi_config_pthreads.m4
+++ b/config/ompi_config_pthreads.m4
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OMPI_INTL_POSIX_THREADS_SPECIAL_FLAGS_FC], [
 #
 # Fortran compiler
 #
-if test "$ompi_pthread_fortran_success" = "0" -a "$OMPI_WANT_FORTRAN_BINDINGS" = "1"; then
+if test "$ompi_pthread_fortran_success" = "0" -a "$OMPI_WANT_FORTRAN_BINDINGS" = "1" -a $ompi_fortran_happy -eq 1; then
   for pf in $pflags; do
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([if Fortran compiler and POSIX threads work with $pf])
     FCFLAGS="$orig_FCFLAGS $pf"
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([OMPI_INTL_POSIX_THREADS_LIBS_FC],[
 #
 # Fortran compiler
 #
-if test "$ompi_pthread_fortran_success" = "0" -a "$OMPI_WANT_FORTRAN_BINDINGS" = "1"; then
+if test "$ompi_pthread_fortran_success" = "0" -a "$OMPI_WANT_FORTRAN_BINDINGS" = "1" -a $ompi_fortran_happy -eq 1; then
   if test ! "$ompi_pthread_c_success" = "0" -a ! "$PTHREAD_LIBS" = "" ; then
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([if Fortran compiler and POSIX threads work with $PTHREAD_LIBS])
     LIBS="$orig_LIBS $PTHREAD_LIBS"
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ CXXCPPFLAGS="$orig_CXXCPPFLAGS"
 LDFLAGS="$orig_LDFLAGS"
 LIBS="$orig_LIBS"
 
-if test "$OMPI_WANT_FORTRAN_BINDINGS" != "1"; then
+if test "$OMPI_WANT_FORTRAN_BINDINGS" != "1" -o $ompi_fortran_happy -ne 1; then
   ompi_pthread_fortran_success=1
 fi