diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xios/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xios/package.py
index 2b5c6f9dae0..a96d7470b09 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xios/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/xios/package.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def xios_fcm(self):
             param['LIBCXX'] = '-lstdc++'
 
         if any(map(spec.satisfies,
-                   ('%gcc', '%intel', '%apple-clang', '%clang'))):
+                   ('%gcc', '%intel', '%apple-clang', '%clang', '%fj'))):
             text = r"""
 %CCOMPILER      {MPICXX}
 %FCOMPILER      {MPIFC}