diff --git a/.SRCINFO b/.SRCINFO
index a4e22fad89ce..cdd113d8b906 100644
--- a/.SRCINFO
+++ b/.SRCINFO
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pkgbase = r-desolve
 	arch = x86_64
 	license = GPL2
 	license = GPL3
+	makedepends = gcc-fortran
 	depends = r>=3.3.0
 	optdepends = r-scatterplot3d
 	optdepends = r-fme
diff --git a/PKGBUILD b/PKGBUILD
index 3e0399884af0..1e91640bad65 100644
--- a/PKGBUILD
+++ b/PKGBUILD
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ arch=(i686 x86_64)
 url="https://cran.r-project.org/package=${_cranname}"
 license=(GPL2 GPL3)
 depends=('r>=3.3.0')
+makedepends=(gcc-fortran)
 optdepends=(r-scatterplot3d r-fme)
 source=("https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/${_cranname}_${_cranver}.tar.gz")
 sha256sums=('39f65d7af6b4d85eb023cce2a200c2de470644b22d45e210c5b7d558c3abf548')