diff --git a/scripts/MPI/hdf5/build b/scripts/MPI/hdf5/build
index d588c2f..b8d233e 100755
--- a/scripts/MPI/hdf5/build
+++ b/scripts/MPI/hdf5/build
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pmodules.configure() {
 		--enable-shared \
 		--enable-parallel \
 		--enable-cxx \
+		--enable-fortran \
 		--enable-unsupported \
 		--with-pic \
 		|| exit 1