diff --git a/pdiplugin-decl-sion/debian/control b/pdiplugin-decl-sion/debian/control
index 32a5322f..ec42b615 100644
--- a/pdiplugin-decl-sion/debian/control
+++ b/pdiplugin-decl-sion/debian/control
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Julien Bigot <julien.bigot@cea.fr>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
   cmake (>= 3.10),
+  gfortran | fortran-compiler <!nocheck>,
   libpdi-dev,
   libsion-mpich-dev (>= 1.7.6),
   libsion-openmpi-dev (>= 1.7.6),
diff --git a/pdiplugin-mpi/debian/control b/pdiplugin-mpi/debian/control
index 7a47adc4..3a34cff8 100644
--- a/pdiplugin-mpi/debian/control
+++ b/pdiplugin-mpi/debian/control
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Priority: optional
 Maintainer: Julien Bigot <julien.bigot@cea.fr>
 Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 11),
   cmake (>= 3.10),
-  gfortran | fortran-compiler,
+  gfortran | fortran-compiler <!nocheck>,
   libmpich-dev,
   libopenmpi-dev,
   libpdi-dev,