diff --git a/netcdf-4.1.2-fflags.patch b/netcdf-4.1.2-fflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7855d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netcdf-4.1.2-fflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff -up netcdf-4.1.2-beta2-snapshot2010120222/nc-config.in.fflags netcdf-4.1.2-beta2-snapshot2010120222/nc-config.in
+--- netcdf-4.1.2-beta2-snapshot2010120222/nc-config.in.fflags	2010-12-03 10:03:38.000000000 -0700
++++ netcdf-4.1.2-beta2-snapshot2010120222/nc-config.in	2010-12-03 10:04:26.594466933 -0700
+@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ includedir=${prefix}/include
+ cc="@CC@"
+ cxx="@CXX@"
+ fc="@FC@"
+-cflags=" -I${includedir} @EXTERN_CPPFLAGS@" 
+-fflags="@FFLAGS@ @MOD_FLAG@${includedir}"
++cflags="-I${includedir} @EXTERN_CPPFLAGS@" 
++fflags="@MOD_FLAG@${includedir}"
+ has_dap="@HAS_DAP@"
+ has_nc2="@HAS_NC2@"
+ has_nc4="@HAS_NC4@"