diff --git a/build/configure.sh b/build/configure.sh
index 36734cf1e24ab3a79a483e2002f2eb823e8cca3b..a7a1bd37c1f4ac608912c46929dd13d837c77f3f 100755
--- a/build/configure.sh
+++ b/build/configure.sh
@@ -495,6 +495,7 @@ if [ "x$LAPACK" != "xno" ]; then
 	LAPACK_LDSPEC=""
 	MKL_BUILD="mkl-dynamic-lp64-gomp"
     fi # end of 64-bit decision tree
+    BLASFLAGS=""
     BLASLDFLAGS=""
     pkg-config --version > /dev/null
     use_pkg_config=$?
@@ -533,8 +534,8 @@ if [ "x$LAPACK" != "xno" ]; then
           if [ "x$result" = "x0" ]; then
               # LAPACKe was found
               LAPACK_INCLUDE=$(pkg-config --cflags-only-I lapacke${LAPACK_LDSPEC})
-              LAPACKFLAGS=" -DUSE_LAPACK ${LAPACK_ILP64_FLAG} ${LAPACK_INCLUDE}"
-              LAPACKLDFLAGS="$(pkg-config --libs lapacke${LAPACK_LDSPEC})"
+              LAPACKFLAGS=" -DUSE_LAPACK ${LAPACK_ILP64_FLAG} ${LAPACK_INCLUDE} ${BLASFLAGS}"
+              LAPACKLDFLAGS="$(pkg-config --libs lapacke${LAPACK_LDSPEC}) ${BLASLDFLAGS}"
 	      echo "lapacke"
           fi # end of LAPACKe decision tree
           if [ "x${LAPACKFLAGS}${LAPACKLDFLAGS}" = "x" ]; then
@@ -545,8 +546,8 @@ if [ "x$LAPACK" != "xno" ]; then
               if [ "x$result" = "x0" ]; then
 		  # LAPACK was found
 		  LAPACK_INCLUDE=$(pkg-config --cflags-only-I lapack${LAPACK_LDSPEC})
-		  LAPACKFLAGS=" -DUSE_LAPACK ${LAPACK_ILP64_FLAG} ${LAPACK_INCLUDE}"
-		  LAPACKLDFLAGS="$(pkg-config --libs lapack${LAPACK_LDSPEC})"
+		  LAPACKFLAGS=" -DUSE_LAPACK ${LAPACK_ILP64_FLAG} ${LAPACK_INCLUDE} ${BLASFLAGS}"
+		  LAPACKLDFLAGS="$(pkg-config --libs lapack${LAPACK_LDSPEC}) ${BLASLDFLAGS}"
 		  echo "LAPACK"
               fi # end of LAPACK decision tree
           fi # end of LAPACKe decision tree
@@ -561,8 +562,8 @@ if [ "x$LAPACK" != "xno" ]; then
 	    echo "MKL"
 	else
             if [ -f /usr/include/lapacke.h ]; then
-		LAPACKFLAGS=" -DUSE_LAPACK ${LAPACK_ILP64_FLAG}"
-		LAPACKLDFLAGS=" -llapacke${LAPACK_LDSPEC}"
+		LAPACKFLAGS=" -DUSE_LAPACK ${LAPACK_ILP64_FLAG} ${BLASFLAGS}"
+		LAPACKLDFLAGS=" -llapacke${LAPACK_LDSPEC} ${BLASLDFLAGS}"
 		echo "lapacke"
             fi
 	fi