--- autoconf-2.13/acspecific.m4.gfortran	2005-08-12 04:23:25.000000000 -0400
+++ autoconf-2.13/acspecific.m4	2005-08-12 04:26:17.000000000 -0400
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ dnl AC_PROG_F77()
 AC_DEFUN(AC_PROG_F77,
 [AC_BEFORE([$0], [AC_PROG_CPP])dnl
 if test -z "$F77"; then
-  AC_CHECK_PROGS(F77, g77 f77 f2c)
+  AC_CHECK_PROGS(F77, g77 f77 f2c gfortran)
     test -z "$F77" && AC_MSG_ERROR([no acceptable Fortran 77 compiler found in \$PATH])
 fi