diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mvapich2/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mvapich2/package.py
index 1e3a14f2f3..256418da9c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mvapich2/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mvapich2/package.py
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class Mvapich2(AutotoolsPackage):
     depends_on('libpciaccess', when=(sys.platform != 'darwin'))
     depends_on('cuda', when='+cuda')
 
-    filter_compiler_wrappers('mpicc', 'mpicxx', 'mpif77', 'mpif90')
+    filter_compiler_wrappers('mpicc', 'mpicxx', 'mpif77', 'mpif90', 'mpifort')
 
     def url_for_version(self, version):
         base_url = "http://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/download"