diff --git a/authors.txt b/authors.txt
index 91473a13b..72df2c27e 100644
--- a/authors.txt
+++ b/authors.txt
@@ -82,3 +82,4 @@ Richard Hughes
 Rafael Fontenelle
 Michael Olbrich
 Ernestas Kulik
+Thomas Hindoe Paaboel Andersen
diff --git a/mesonbuild/environment.py b/mesonbuild/environment.py
index 3152d5d2a..d3be926d9 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/environment.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/environment.py
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ class Environment:
             self.default_cpp = ['c++']
         self.default_objc = ['cc']
         self.default_objcpp = ['c++']
-        self.default_fortran = ['gfortran', 'g95', 'f95', 'f90', 'f77']
+        self.default_fortran = ['gfortran', 'g95', 'f95', 'f90', 'f77', 'ifort']
         self.default_static_linker = ['ar']
         self.vs_static_linker = ['lib']
         self.gcc_static_linker = ['gcc-ar']