diff --git a/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/exawind/package.py b/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/exawind/package.py
index 213209bfb6a..f565c0c1ad3 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/exawind/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/spack_repo/builtin/packages/exawind/package.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class Exawind(CMakePackage, CudaPackage, ROCmPackage):
 
     depends_on("c", type="build")
     depends_on("cxx", type="build")
+    depends_on("fortran", type="build")
 
     for arch in CudaPackage.cuda_arch_values:
         depends_on(