diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index a7a0274..2f0b48f 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 ExtUtils::F77 Changes list 
 --------------------------
 
+v1.25 released Jan 27th 2020
+---------------------------
+
+* Fix of version number comparison in F77.pm link_gnufortran_compiler routine
+
 v1.24 released Jul 21st 2019
 ---------------------------
 
diff --git a/F77.pm b/F77.pm
index dd2e949..8239ae0 100644
--- a/F77.pm
+++ b/F77.pm
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use Text::ParseWords;
 use File::Which qw(which);
 use List::Util qw(first);
 
-our $VERSION = "1.24";
+our $VERSION = "1.25";
 our $DEBUG;
 
 sub debug { return if !$DEBUG; warn @_ }
@@ -641,7 +641,8 @@ sub link_gnufortran_compiler {
    debug "ExtUtils::F77: $compiler version $version.$3\n";
    # Sigh special case random extra gfortran libs to avoid PERL_DL_NONLAZY meltdowns. KG 25/10/2015
    my $append = "";
-   if ( $Config{osname} =~ /darwin/ && $Config{osvers} >= 14
+   my $osvers = (split(/\./,$Config{osvers}))[0]; # Extract first digit in X.Y.Z version numbers
+   if ( $Config{osname} =~ /darwin/ && $osvers >= 14
       && $compiler eq 'gfortran' && $version >= 4.9 ) {
       # Add extra libs for gfortran versions >= 4.9 and OS X
       $append = "-lgcc_ext.10.5 -lgcc_s.10.5 -lquadmath";