diff -up mpich/configure.ac.atlas mpich/configure.ac
--- mpich/configure.ac.atlas	2015-03-19 12:45:07.946282074 +0100
+++ mpich/configure.ac	2015-03-19 12:45:07.955282120 +0100
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ if test x"${have_mkl}" = x"yes" ; then
 else
 
   dnl first check blas
-  AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dgemm],[blas],[have_blas=yes],[have_blas=no])
+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dgemm],[[f77blas atlas] blas],[have_blas=yes],[have_blas=no])
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we can link a program with a blas lib])
   AC_MSG_RESULT([${have_blas}])
 
diff -up mpich/configure.atlas mpich/configure
--- mpich/configure.atlas	2015-03-18 10:49:42.000000000 +0100
+++ mpich/configure	2015-05-04 12:03:18.861651356 +0200
@@ -6507,7 +6401,7 @@
       call dgemm
       end
 _ACEOF
-for ac_lib in '' blas; do
+for ac_lib in '' 'f77blas -latlas' blas; do
   if test -z "$ac_lib"; then
     ac_res="none required"
   else