diff --git a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_FORTRAN.rst b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_FORTRAN.rst
index c7e414835f..afad4b2465 100644
--- a/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_FORTRAN.rst
+++ b/Help/variable/CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_TOOLSET_FORTRAN.rst
@@ -9,4 +9,11 @@ Fortran compiler to be used by Visual Studio projects.
 that have the required Visual Studio Integration feature installed.  The
 compiler may be specified by a field in :variable:`CMAKE_GENERATOR_TOOLSET` of
 the form ``fortran=...``. CMake provides the selected Fortran compiler in this
-variable. The value may be empty if the field was not specified.
+variable.
+
+If the field was not specified, the default depends on the generator:
+
+* On :generator:`Visual Studio 18 2026` and above, the default is ``ifx``.
+
+* On older :ref:`Visual Studio Generators`, the default is empty, which the
+  Intel Visual Studio Integration interprets as equivalent to ``ifort``.
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
index 15989569c9..fe773af963 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.cxx
@@ -797,6 +797,15 @@ std::string const& cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator::
   return this->GeneratorToolsetCudaVSIntegrationSubdir;
 }
 
+cm::optional<std::string>
+cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator::GetPlatformToolsetFortran() const
+{
+  if (this->GeneratorToolsetFortran) {
+    return this->GeneratorToolsetFortran;
+  }
+  return this->DefaultToolsetFortran;
+}
+
 cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator::AuxToolset
 cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator::FindAuxToolset(std::string&,
                                                 std::string&) const
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.h b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.h
index a886be5841..79c0ca1ae1 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.h
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudio10Generator.h
@@ -94,10 +94,7 @@ public:
   std::string const& GetPlatformToolsetCudaVSIntegrationSubdirString() const;
 
   /** The fortran toolset name.  */
-  cm::optional<std::string> GetPlatformToolsetFortran() const override
-  {
-    return this->GeneratorToolsetFortran;
-  }
+  cm::optional<std::string> GetPlatformToolsetFortran() const override;
 
   /** Return whether we need to use No/Debug instead of false/true
       for GenerateDebugInformation.  */
@@ -236,6 +233,7 @@ protected:
   std::string GeneratorToolsetCudaNvccSubdir;
   std::string GeneratorToolsetCudaVSIntegrationSubdir;
   cm::optional<std::string> GeneratorToolsetFortran;
+  cm::optional<std::string> DefaultToolsetFortran;
   std::string DefaultPlatformToolset;
   std::string DefaultPlatformToolsetHostArchitecture;
   std::string DefaultAndroidToolset;
diff --git a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioVersionedGenerator.cxx b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioVersionedGenerator.cxx
index 238475782a..bc13358602 100644
--- a/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioVersionedGenerator.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmGlobalVisualStudioVersionedGenerator.cxx
@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@ cmGlobalVisualStudioVersionedGenerator::cmGlobalVisualStudioVersionedGenerator(
     // Use a version installed by VS 2022 without a separate component.
     this->DefaultTargetFrameworkVersion = "v4.7.2";
   }
+  if (this->Version >= cmGlobalVisualStudioGenerator::VSVersion::VS18) {
+    this->DefaultToolsetFortran = "ifx";
+  }
 }
 
 bool cmGlobalVisualStudioVersionedGenerator::MatchesGeneratorName(