diff --git a/src/fpm_source_parsing.f90 b/src/fpm_source_parsing.f90
index 59f8fd4d33..c1f4bab98f 100644
--- a/src/fpm_source_parsing.f90
+++ b/src/fpm_source_parsing.f90
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ function parse_f_source(f_filename,error) result(f_source)
             end if
 
             ! Detect beginning of interface block
-            if (index(file_lines_lower(i)%s,'interface') == 1) then
+            if (index(file_lines_lower(i)%s,'interface') == 1 &
+                .or. parse_sequence(file_lines_lower(i)%s,'abstract','interface')) then
 
                 inside_interface = .true.
                 cycle