diff --git a/extra/openmpi/PKGBUILD b/extra/openmpi/PKGBUILD
index ae0bca668..6faf6f4e6 100644
--- a/extra/openmpi/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/openmpi/PKGBUILD
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 # ALARM: Kevin Mihelich <kevin@archlinuxarm.org
 #  - only use valgrind with v7
+#  - disable fortran bindings for now, FTBFS on ARM
 
 pkgname=openmpi
 pkgver=1.8.4
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ build() {
 
    ./configure --prefix=/usr \
                --sysconfdir=/etc/${pkgname} \
-               --enable-mpi-fortran=all \
+               --enable-mpi-fortran=none \
                --libdir=/usr/lib/${pkgname} \
                --with-threads=posix \
                --enable-smp-locks \