diff -up mpich/configure.ac.blacs mpich/configure.ac
--- mpich/configure.ac.blacs	2014-03-21 12:10:21.000000001 +0100
+++ mpich/configure.ac	2014-06-29 22:47:36.214804126 +0200
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ if test "x${can_link_with_mkl}" = "xyes"
 else
 
   dnl first check blas
-  AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dgemm],[blas],[can_link_with_blas=yes],[can_link_with_blas=no])
+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dgemm],[f77blas blas],[can_link_with_blas=yes],[can_link_with_blas=no],[-lf77blas -latlas])
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we can link a program with a blas lib])
   AC_MSG_RESULT([${can_link_with_blas}])