diff --git a/numpy/f2py/crackfortran.py b/numpy/f2py/crackfortran.py
index d39acb039073..f352bbaa2720 100755
--- a/numpy/f2py/crackfortran.py
+++ b/numpy/f2py/crackfortran.py
@@ -2452,7 +2452,7 @@ def _selected_real_kind_func(p, r=0, radix=0):
     if p < 16:
         return 8
     machine = platform.machine().lower()
-    if machine.startswith(('aarch64', 'arm64', 'power', 'ppc', 'riscv', 's390x', 'sparc')):
+    if machine.startswith(('aarch64', 'arm64', 'loongarch', 'power', 'ppc', 'riscv', 's390x', 'sparc')):
         if p <= 33:
             return 16
     else: