diff --git a/travis/build_env.sh b/travis/build_env.sh
index 92becb2129..e67634198a 100755
--- a/travis/build_env.sh
+++ b/travis/build_env.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ echo DISTR is "$DISTR"
 #  HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew cask uninstall oclint || true  
 #  HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1  HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install gcc "$MPI_IMPL" openblas python3 ||true
      HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP=1  HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE=1 brew install gcc "$MPI_IMPL" gsed grep automake autoconf ||true
-     if [[ "$FC" != "gfortran" ]]; then
+     if [[ "$FC" != "gfortran" ]] || [[ "$FC" == "gfortran*" ]]; then
 	 #install non default gfortran, ie gfortran-9
 	 #get version
 	 mygccver=$(echo "$FC"|cut -d - -f 2)