diff --git a/sci-libs/arpack/arpack-3.5.0.recipe b/sci-libs/arpack/arpack-3.5.0.recipe
index b38abc690..ec28dabf7 100644
--- a/sci-libs/arpack/arpack-3.5.0.recipe
+++ b/sci-libs/arpack/arpack-3.5.0.recipe
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:cmake
 	cmd:make
-	cmd:gfortran
+	cmd:gfortran$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:g++$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"