diff --git a/ompi/include/mpi.h.in b/ompi/include/mpi.h.in
index f4e20f52f13..3a5cca0b937 100644
--- a/ompi/include/mpi.h.in
+++ b/ompi/include/mpi.h.in
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
  *                         reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2011-2013 INRIA.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2015      University of Houston. All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2015-2020 Research Organization for Information Science
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2021 Research Organization for Information Science
  *                         and Technology (RIST).  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2017-2019 IBM Corporation.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2018      FUJITSU LIMITED.  All rights reserved.
@@ -1086,6 +1086,9 @@ OMPI_DECLSPEC extern struct ompi_predefined_info_t ompi_mpi_info_env;
 OMPI_DECLSPEC extern MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUS_IGNORE;
 OMPI_DECLSPEC extern MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUSES_IGNORE;
 
+OMPI_DECLSPEC extern MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUS_IGNORE;
+OMPI_DECLSPEC extern MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUSES_IGNORE;
+
 /*
  * Removed datatypes.  These datatypes are only available if Open MPI
  * was configured with --enable-mpi1-compatibility.
diff --git a/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_init.c b/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_init.c
index 56a731c99be..e6f5306d8f9 100644
--- a/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_init.c
+++ b/ompi/runtime/ompi_mpi_init.c
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
  * Copyright (c) 2011      Sandia National Laboratories. All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2012-2013 Inria.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2014-2020 Intel, Inc.  All rights reserved.
- * Copyright (c) 2014-2016 Research Organization for Information Science
- *                         and Technology (RIST). All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2014-2021 Research Organization for Information Science
+ *                         and Technology (RIST).  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2016-2018 Mellanox Technologies Ltd. All rights reserved.
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2016-2017 IBM Corporation. All rights reserved.
@@ -216,21 +216,31 @@ struct ompi_status_public_t *ompi_mpi_statuses_ignore_addr =
 #  if OMPI_FORTRAN_CAPS
 MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUS_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &MPI_FORTRAN_STATUS_IGNORE;
 MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUSES_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &MPI_FORTRAN_STATUSES_IGNORE;
+MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUS_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &MPI_FORTRAN_STATUS_IGNORE;
+MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUSES_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &MPI_FORTRAN_STATUSES_IGNORE;
 #  elif OMPI_FORTRAN_PLAIN
 MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUS_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_status_ignore;
 MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUSES_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_statuses_ignore;
+MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUS_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_status_ignore;
+MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUSES_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_statuses_ignore;
 #  elif OMPI_FORTRAN_SINGLE_UNDERSCORE
 MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUS_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_status_ignore_;
 MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUSES_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_statuses_ignore_;
+MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUS_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_status_ignore_;
+MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUSES_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_statuses_ignore_;
 #  elif OMPI_FORTRAN_DOUBLE_UNDERSCORE
 MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUS_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_status_ignore__;
 MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUSES_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_statuses_ignore__;
+MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUS_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_status_ignore__;
+MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUSES_IGNORE = (MPI_Fint*) &mpi_fortran_statuses_ignore__;
 #  else
 #    error Unrecognized Fortran name mangling scheme
 #  endif
 #else
 MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUS_IGNORE = NULL;
 MPI_Fint *MPI_F_STATUSES_IGNORE = NULL;
+MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUS_IGNORE = NULL;
+MPI_Fint *MPI_F08_STATUSES_IGNORE = NULL;
 #endif  /* OMPI_BUILD_FORTRAN_BINDINGS */