diff --git a/packages/m/mkl/xmake.lua b/packages/m/mkl/xmake.lua
index dd90161c14c..b3a9cbc4982 100644
--- a/packages/m/mkl/xmake.lua
+++ b/packages/m/mkl/xmake.lua
@@ -191,6 +191,6 @@ package("mkl")
             C/9*.5_r64/
         call dgemm('N','T',3,3,2,1.0_r64,A,3,B,3,2.0_r64,C,3)
     end program test
-            ]]}))
+            ]]}, {linkerkind = "cxx", configs = {syslinks = "gfortran"}}))
         end
     end)