diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 2fbc17dcf4..3f3da81b68 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ if(PKG_MSCG OR PKG_USER-ATC OR PKG_USER-AWPMD OR PKG_USER-QUIP OR PKG_LATTE)
   find_package(LAPACK)
   find_package(BLAS)
   if(NOT LAPACK_FOUND OR NOT BLAS_FOUND)
-    include(CheckIfNinjaSupportsFortran)
+    include(CheckGeneratorSupport)
     if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR_SUPPORT_FORTRAN)
       status(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot build internal linear algebra library as CMake build tool lacks Fortran support")
     endif()
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ if(BUILD_TOOLS)
   add_executable(binary2txt ${LAMMPS_TOOLS_DIR}/binary2txt.cpp)
   install(TARGETS binary2txt DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
 
-  include(CheckIfNinjaSupportsFortran)
+  include(CheckGeneratorSupport)
   if(CMAKE_GENERATOR_SUPPORT_FORTRAN)
     enable_language(Fortran)
     add_executable(chain.x ${LAMMPS_TOOLS_DIR}/chain.f)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/CheckIfNinjaSupportsFortran.cmake b/cmake/Modules/CheckGeneratorSupport.cmake
similarity index 100%
rename from cmake/Modules/CheckIfNinjaSupportsFortran.cmake
rename to cmake/Modules/CheckGeneratorSupport.cmake