diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
   enable_language(Fortran)
   if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja")
       message(WARNING
-	"Fortran test suite may NOT build with this CMAKE_GENERATOR = ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}.\n"
-	"Recommend using Ninja 1.10 or later by adding -G \"Ninja\" to cmake invocation.")
+	"Fortran test suite will NOT build certain tests with this CMAKE_GENERATOR = ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}.\n"
+	"Strongly recommend using Ninja 1.10 or later by adding -G \"Ninja\" to cmake invocation.\n"
+	"More details here: https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/16590")
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/External/SPEC/CFP2017rate/554.roms_r/CMakeLists.txt b/External/SPEC/CFP2017rate/554.roms_r/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/External/SPEC/CFP2017rate/554.roms_r/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/External/SPEC/CFP2017rate/554.roms_r/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
   return ()
 endif ()
 
+ninja_required()
+
 speccpu2017_benchmark(RATE)
 
 speccpu2017_add_include_dirs(.)
diff --git a/External/SPEC/SpecCPU2017.cmake b/External/SPEC/SpecCPU2017.cmake
--- a/External/SPEC/SpecCPU2017.cmake
+++ b/External/SPEC/SpecCPU2017.cmake
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 include(External)
 include(CopyDir)
 include(Host)
+include(Fortran)
 
 # Search for SPEC CPU 2017 root directory.
 llvm_externals_find(TEST_SUITE_SPEC2017_ROOT "speccpu2017" "SPEC CPU2017")
diff --git a/cmake/modules/Fortran.cmake b/cmake/modules/Fortran.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/Fortran.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+##===- Fortran.cmake ----------------------------------------------------===##
+#
+# Fortran-specific helper functions to build benchmarks and the corresponding .test files
+#
+##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===## 
+
+
+# The Ninja generator supports robust scanning for modules that are needed by
+# some Fortran tests. Because Ninja does a full preprocessing pass on Fortran files,
+# it is able to detect module dependencies that are dependent on preprocessing.
+# For example,
+# #ifdef FOO 
+# USE MODULE_A
+# #else
+# USE MODULE_B
+# #endif
+# This is support by Ninja, but not the Unix Makefiles generator.
+# More details here: https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/16590"
+
+function(ninja_required)
+  if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR STREQUAL "Ninja")
+    message(SEND_ERROR
+      "This test is NOT supported by CMAKE_GENERATOR = ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}.\n"
+      "Please use use Ninja 1.10 or later by adding -G \"Ninja\" to cmake invocation.\n")
+  endif()
+endfunction()