diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b4f2b85ad0a..a23bf1aad35 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Deprecated
 
+## [2.64.1] - 2025-12-30
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Restore workaround for binary restart reads with GNU
+  - Brings back changes from PR #1038: Added a workaround for a gfortran bug that handles end-of-file incorrectly (returns IOSTAT=5001).
+
 ## [2.64.0] - 2025-12-05
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index af1adf84c3e..6e3e4c9fc36 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ endif ()
 
 project (
   MAPL
-  VERSION 2.64.0
+  VERSION 2.64.1
   LANGUAGES Fortran CXX C)  # Note - CXX is required for ESMF
 
 # Set the possible values of build type for cmake-gui
diff --git a/base/BinIO.F90 b/base/BinIO.F90
index 74d2ff787f7..9f43acbbe6a 100644
--- a/base/BinIO.F90
+++ b/base/BinIO.F90
@@ -598,6 +598,12 @@ subroutine MAPL_FieldRead(UNIT,FIELD, ARRDES, HomePE, ignoreEOF, RC)
        call MAPL_CommsBcast(layout, status, n=1, ROOT=MAPL_Root, rc=stat)
        _VERIFY(STAT)
 
+#ifdef __GFORTRAN__
+       if (status == 5001) then
+          _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
+       end if
+#endif
+
        if (status == IOSTAT_END) then
           _RETURN(ESMF_SUCCESS)
        end if