diff --git a/dev-python/mpi4py/files/mpi4py-4-mpich-no-fortran-fix.patch b/dev-python/mpi4py/files/mpi4py-4-mpich-no-fortran-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..82415dae491d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/mpi4py/files/mpi4py-4-mpich-no-fortran-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff --git a/src/lib-mpi/compat/mpich.h b/src/lib-mpi/compat/mpich.h
+index 2cd50c1..3ea9510 100644
+--- a/src/lib-mpi/compat/mpich.h
++++ b/src/lib-mpi/compat/mpich.h
+@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ static int PyMPI_MPICH_MPI_Reduce_c(const void *sendbuf, void *recvbuf,
+ 
+ /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+ 
+-#if defined(CIBUILDWHEEL)
+ 
+ #define PyMPI_MPICH_CALL_WEAK_SYMBOL(function, ...) \
+   if (function) return function(__VA_ARGS__); \
+@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ static int PyMPI_MPICH_MPI_Status_f2c(const MPI_Fint *fs, MPI_Status *cs)
+ { PyMPI_MPICH_CALL_WEAK_SYMBOL(MPI_Status_f2c, fs, cs); }
+ #define MPI_Status_f2c PyMPI_MPICH_MPI_Status_f2c
+ 
+-#endif
+ 
+ /* -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+ 
diff --git a/dev-python/mpi4py/mpi4py-4.0.0.ebuild b/dev-python/mpi4py/mpi4py-4.0.0.ebuild
index a92ac5a8fcedb..2082140a9e168 100644
--- a/dev-python/mpi4py/mpi4py-4.0.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-python/mpi4py/mpi4py-4.0.0.ebuild
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ BDEPEND="
 
 PATCHES=(
 	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-4-use-mesonpy.patch"
+	"${FILESDIR}/${PN}-4-mpich-no-fortran-fix.patch"
 )
 
 python_prepare_all() {