diff --git a/numpy/f2py/src/fortranobject.h b/numpy/f2py/src/fortranobject.h
index 376b83dadadf..abd699c2fe86 100644
--- a/numpy/f2py/src/fortranobject.h
+++ b/numpy/f2py/src/fortranobject.h
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include <Python.h>
 
-#define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_1_7_API_VERSION
+#ifndef NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API
+#define NPY_NO_DEPRECATED_API NPY_API_VERSION
+#endif
 #ifdef FORTRANOBJECT_C
 #define NO_IMPORT_ARRAY
 #endif