diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/requirements/fortran_dependency.rb b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/fortran_dependency.rb
index 9e21bc0f17c5e65cc3dc291fe4742158ac0a78cf..f68256527ec392be24ea5238728ab0e4bd429da2 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/requirements/fortran_dependency.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/requirements/fortran_dependency.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'requirement'
 class FortranDependency < Requirement
   fatal true
 
-  default_formula 'gfortran'
+  default_formula 'gcc'
 
   env { ENV.fortran }