--- eclass/fortran.eclass.orig	2005-11-25 01:56:48.000000000 +0000
+++ eclass/fortran.eclass	2006-01-15 01:19:10.000000000 +0000
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #  profiles = <profile> ... <profile>
 #
 #  profile:
+#   * gfortran - GCC Fortran 95
 #   * g77 - GCC Fortran 77
 #   * f2c - Fortran 2 C Translator
 #   * ifc - Intel Fortran Compiler
@@ -47,6 +48,11 @@
 	local PROFILE
 	for PROFILE in $@; do
 		case ${PROFILE} in
+			gfortran)
+				if [ -x "$(which gfortran 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
+					AVAILABLE="${AVAILABLE} gfortran"
+				fi
+				;;
 			g77)
 				if [ -x "$(which g77 2> /dev/null)" ]; then
 					AVAILABLE="${AVAILABLE} g77"
@@ -78,6 +84,9 @@
 		i=1
 		for PROFILE in $@; do
 			case ${PROFILE} in
+				gfortran)
+					eerror "[${i}] USE=\"fortran\" emerge sys-devel/gcc"
+					;;
 				g77)
 					eerror "[${i}] USE=\"fortran\" emerge sys-devel/gcc"
 					;;
@@ -117,9 +126,13 @@
 			fi
 		fi
 
-		# default to g77
+		# default to gfortran if available, g77 if not
 		use debug && echo "MY_FORTRAN: \"${MY_FORTRAN}\""
-		MY_FORTRAN=${MY_FORTRAN:=g77}
+		if hasq gfortran ${AVAILABLE}; then
+			MY_FORTRAN=${MY_FORTRAN:=gfortran}
+		else
+			MY_FORTRAN=${MY_FORTRAN:=g77}
+		fi
 		use debug && echo "MY_FORTRAN: \"${MY_FORTRAN}\""
 
 		if ! hasq ${MY_FORTRAN} ${AVAILABLE}; then