diff --git a/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py b/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py
index 0ebbe79..465a502 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/fcompiler/gnu.py
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class GnuFCompiler(FCompiler):
         return None
 
     def get_libgfortran_dir(self):
-        if sys.platform[:5] == 'linux':
+        if sys.platform[:5] == 'linux' and platform.machine() != "e2k":
             libgfortran_name = 'libgfortran.so'
         elif sys.platform == 'darwin':
             libgfortran_name = 'libgfortran.dylib'
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ class GnuFCompiler(FCompiler):
     def get_libraries(self):
         opt = []
         d = self.get_libgcc_dir()
-        if d is not None:
+        if d is not None and self.g2c is not None:
             g2c = self.g2c + '-pic'
             f = self.static_lib_format % (g2c, self.static_lib_extension)
             if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(d, f)):
@@ -304,6 +304,8 @@ class Gnu95FCompiler(GnuFCompiler):
     module_include_switch = '-I'
 
     g2c = 'gfortran'
+    if platform.machine() == "e2k":
+        g2c = None
 
     def _universal_flags(self, cmd):
         """Return a list of -arch flags for every supported architecture."""
diff --git a/numpy/distutils/system_info.py b/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
index 65d7de3..056e4fb 100644
--- a/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
+++ b/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
@@ -1463,7 +1463,8 @@ def get_atlas_version(**config):
         s, o = c.get_output(atlas_version_c_text,
                             libraries=libraries, library_dirs=library_dirs,
                             use_tee=(system_info.verbosity > 0))
-        if s and re.search(r'undefined reference to `_gfortran', o, re.M):
+        if s and re.search(r'undefined reference to `_gfortran', o,re.M) \
+            and platform.machine() != "e2k":
             s, o = c.get_output(atlas_version_c_text,
                                 libraries=libraries + ['gfortran'],
                                 library_dirs=library_dirs,