diff --git a/math/octave/Makefile b/math/octave/Makefile
index e405f263da4..0465e8a4f9e 100644
--- a/math/octave/Makefile
+++ b/math/octave/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.32 2008/01/21 18:30:13 steven Exp $
+# $OpenBSD: Makefile,v 1.33 2008/02/12 14:44:06 merdely Exp $
 
 # vax:   no IEEE arithmetic
 # sparc: fPIC version of libgcc.a needed but not available
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ MAKE_ENV=	LIBcruft_VERSION=${LIBcruft_VERSION} \
 		LIBoctave_VERSION=${LIBoctave_VERSION} \
 		LIBoctinterp_VERSION=${LIBoctinterp_VERSION}
 
+.if ${MACHINE_ARCH} == "alpha"
+CONFIGURE_ENV+=	FFLAGS="${FFLAGS}"
+.endif
+
 # needed to build on amd64
 GCC_ARCH=	${MACHINE_ARCH}-unknown-openbsd${OPSYS_VER}
 GNU_ARCH=	${GCC_ARCH:S/amd64/x86_64/}