diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 10e2164c0..96f9e3965 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ project(qasm_simulator LANGUAGES CXX C)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 
+# Warning: Because of a bug on CMake's FindBLAS or (it's not clear whoes fault is)
+# libopenblas.a for Ubuntu (maybe others) we need to copy the file:
+# cmake/FindBLAS.cmake.fix-static-linking, to the directory were CMake Modules are
+# installed in the system, but with the name: FindBLAS.cmake
 option(STATIC_LINKING "Specify if we want statically link the executable (for
 						redistribution mainly)" FALSE)
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Specify whether we want to build tests or not" FALSE)
diff --git a/cmake/FindBLAS.cmake.fix-static-linking b/cmake/FindBLAS.cmake.fix-static-linking
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..61485c28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindBLAS.cmake.fix-static-linking
@@ -0,0 +1,706 @@
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD 3-Clause License.  See accompanying
+# file Copyright.txt or https://cmake.org/licensing for details.
+
+#.rst:
+# FindBLAS
+# --------
+#
+# Find BLAS library
+#
+# This module finds an installed fortran library that implements the
+# BLAS linear-algebra interface (see http://www.netlib.org/blas/).  The
+# list of libraries searched for is taken from the autoconf macro file,
+# acx_blas.m4 (distributed at
+# http://ac-archive.sourceforge.net/ac-archive/acx_blas.html).
+#
+# This module sets the following variables:
+#
+# ::
+#
+#   BLAS_FOUND - set to true if a library implementing the BLAS interface
+#     is found
+#   BLAS_LINKER_FLAGS - uncached list of required linker flags (excluding -l
+#     and -L).
+#   BLAS_LIBRARIES - uncached list of libraries (using full path name) to
+#     link against to use BLAS
+#   BLAS95_LIBRARIES - uncached list of libraries (using full path name)
+#     to link against to use BLAS95 interface
+#   BLAS95_FOUND - set to true if a library implementing the BLAS f95 interface
+#     is found
+#
+# The following variables can be used to control this module:
+#
+# ::
+#
+#   BLA_STATIC  if set on this determines what kind of linkage we do (static)
+#   BLA_VENDOR  if set checks only the specified vendor, if not set checks
+#      all the possibilities
+#   BLA_F95     if set on tries to find the f95 interfaces for BLAS/LAPACK
+#   BLA_PREFER_PKGCONFIG  if set pkg-config will be used to search for a BLAS
+#      library first and if one is found that is preferred
+#
+# List of vendors (BLA_VENDOR) valid in this module:
+#
+# * Goto
+# * OpenBLAS
+# * FLAME
+# * ATLAS PhiPACK
+# * CXML
+# * DXML
+# * SunPerf
+# * SCSL
+# * SGIMATH
+# * IBMESSL
+# * Intel10_32 (intel mkl v10 32 bit)
+# * Intel10_64lp (intel mkl v10 64 bit, lp thread model, lp64 model)
+# * Intel10_64lp_seq (intel mkl v10 64 bit, sequential code, lp64 model)
+# * Intel (older versions of mkl 32 and 64 bit)
+# * ACML
+# * ACML_MP
+# * ACML_GPU
+# * Apple
+# * NAS
+# * Generic
+#
+# .. note::
+#
+#   C/CXX should be enabled to use Intel mkl
+#
+
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CheckFunctionExists.cmake)
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CheckFortranFunctionExists.cmake)
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CMakePushCheckState.cmake)
+include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/FindPackageHandleStandardArgs.cmake)
+cmake_push_check_state()
+set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_QUIET ${BLAS_FIND_QUIETLY})
+
+set(_blas_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
+
+# Check the language being used
+if( NOT (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LOADED OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LOADED OR CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_LOADED) )
+  if(BLAS_FIND_REQUIRED)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "FindBLAS requires Fortran, C, or C++ to be enabled.")
+  else()
+    message(STATUS "Looking for BLAS... - NOT found (Unsupported languages)")
+    return()
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+if(BLA_PREFER_PKGCONFIG)
+  find_package(PkgConfig)
+  pkg_check_modules(PKGC_BLAS blas)
+  if(PKGC_BLAS_FOUND)
+    set(BLAS_LIBRARIES "${PKGC_BLAS_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
+    return()
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+macro(Check_Fortran_Libraries LIBRARIES _prefix _name _flags _list _thread)
+# This macro checks for the existence of the combination of fortran libraries
+# given by _list.  If the combination is found, this macro checks (using the
+# Check_Fortran_Function_Exists macro) whether can link against that library
+# combination using the name of a routine given by _name using the linker
+# flags given by _flags.  If the combination of libraries is found and passes
+# the link test, LIBRARIES is set to the list of complete library paths that
+# have been found.  Otherwise, LIBRARIES is set to FALSE.
+
+# N.B. _prefix is the prefix applied to the names of all cached variables that
+# are generated internally and marked advanced by this macro.
+
+set(_libdir ${ARGN})
+
+set(_libraries_work TRUE)
+set(${LIBRARIES})
+set(_combined_name)
+if (NOT _libdir)
+  if (WIN32)
+    set(_libdir ENV LIB)
+  elseif (APPLE)
+    set(_libdir ENV DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH)
+  else ()
+    set(_libdir ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH)
+  endif ()
+endif ()
+
+foreach(_library ${_list})
+  set(_combined_name ${_combined_name}_${_library})
+
+  if(_libraries_work)
+    if (BLA_STATIC)
+      if (WIN32)
+        set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .lib ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
+      endif ()
+      if (APPLE)
+        set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .lib ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
+      else ()
+        set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES .a ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
+      endif ()
+    else ()
+      if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+        # for ubuntu's libblas3gf and liblapack3gf packages
+        set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES} .so.3gf)
+      endif ()
+    endif ()
+    find_library(${_prefix}_${_library}_LIBRARY
+      NAMES ${_library}
+      PATHS ${_libdir}
+      )
+    mark_as_advanced(${_prefix}_${_library}_LIBRARY)
+    set(${LIBRARIES} ${${LIBRARIES}} ${${_prefix}_${_library}_LIBRARY})
+    set(_libraries_work ${${_prefix}_${_library}_LIBRARY})
+  endif()
+endforeach()
+if(_libraries_work)
+  # Test this combination of libraries.
+  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${_flags} ${${LIBRARIES}} ${_thread})
+#  message("DEBUG: CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES = ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}")
+  if (CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_LOADED)
+    check_fortran_function_exists("${_name}" ${_prefix}${_combined_name}_WORKS)
+  else()
+    check_function_exists("${_name}_" ${_prefix}${_combined_name}_WORKS)
+  endif()
+  set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
+  mark_as_advanced(${_prefix}${_combined_name}_WORKS)
+  set(_libraries_work ${${_prefix}${_combined_name}_WORKS})
+endif()
+if(NOT _libraries_work)
+  set(${LIBRARIES} FALSE)
+endif()
+#message("DEBUG: ${LIBRARIES} = ${${LIBRARIES}}")
+endmacro()
+
+set(BLAS_LINKER_FLAGS)
+set(BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+set(BLAS95_LIBRARIES)
+if (NOT $ENV{BLA_VENDOR} STREQUAL "")
+  set(BLA_VENDOR $ENV{BLA_VENDOR})
+else ()
+  if(NOT BLA_VENDOR)
+    set(BLA_VENDOR "All")
+  endif()
+endif ()
+
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Goto" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  # gotoblas (http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/tacc-projects/gotoblas2)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "goto2"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "OpenBLAS" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  # OpenBLAS (http://www.openblas.net)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "openblas"
+  "pthread"
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "FLAME" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  # FLAME's blis library (https://github.com/flame/blis)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "blis"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ATLAS" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  # BLAS in ATLAS library? (http://math-atlas.sourceforge.net/)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  dgemm
+  ""
+  "f77blas;atlas"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+# BLAS in PhiPACK libraries? (requires generic BLAS lib, too)
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "PhiPACK" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "sgemm;dgemm;blas"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+# BLAS in Alpha CXML library?
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "CXML" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "cxml"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+# BLAS in Alpha DXML library? (now called CXML, see above)
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "DXML" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "dxml"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+# BLAS in Sun Performance library?
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "SunPerf" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  "-xlic_lib=sunperf"
+  "sunperf;sunmath"
+  ""
+  )
+  if(BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+    set(BLAS_LINKER_FLAGS "-xlic_lib=sunperf")
+  endif()
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+# BLAS in SCSL library?  (SGI/Cray Scientific Library)
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "SCSL" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "scsl"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+# BLAS in SGIMATH library?
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "SGIMATH" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "complib.sgimath"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+# BLAS in IBM ESSL library? (requires generic BLAS lib, too)
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "IBMESSL" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "essl;blas"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+#BLAS in acml library?
+if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "ACML" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if( ((BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML") AND (NOT BLAS_ACML_LIB_DIRS)) OR
+     ((BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML_MP") AND (NOT BLAS_ACML_MP_LIB_DIRS)) OR
+     ((BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML_GPU") AND (NOT BLAS_ACML_GPU_LIB_DIRS))
+   )
+   # try to find acml in "standard" paths
+   if( WIN32 )
+    file( GLOB _ACML_ROOT "C:/AMD/acml*/ACML-EULA.txt" )
+   else()
+    file( GLOB _ACML_ROOT "/opt/acml*/ACML-EULA.txt" )
+   endif()
+   if( WIN32 )
+    file( GLOB _ACML_GPU_ROOT "C:/AMD/acml*/GPGPUexamples" )
+   else()
+    file( GLOB _ACML_GPU_ROOT "/opt/acml*/GPGPUexamples" )
+   endif()
+   list(GET _ACML_ROOT 0 _ACML_ROOT)
+   list(GET _ACML_GPU_ROOT 0 _ACML_GPU_ROOT)
+   if( _ACML_ROOT )
+    get_filename_component( _ACML_ROOT ${_ACML_ROOT} PATH )
+    if( SIZEOF_INTEGER EQUAL 8 )
+     set( _ACML_PATH_SUFFIX "_int64" )
+    else()
+    set( _ACML_PATH_SUFFIX "" )
+   endif()
+   if( CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Intel" )
+    set( _ACML_COMPILER32 "ifort32" )
+    set( _ACML_COMPILER64 "ifort64" )
+   elseif( CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "SunPro" )
+    set( _ACML_COMPILER32 "sun32" )
+    set( _ACML_COMPILER64 "sun64" )
+   elseif( CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "PGI" )
+    set( _ACML_COMPILER32 "pgi32" )
+    if( WIN32 )
+     set( _ACML_COMPILER64 "win64" )
+    else()
+     set( _ACML_COMPILER64 "pgi64" )
+    endif()
+   elseif( CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Open64" )
+    # 32 bit builds not supported on Open64 but for code simplicity
+    # We'll just use the same directory twice
+    set( _ACML_COMPILER32 "open64_64" )
+    set( _ACML_COMPILER64 "open64_64" )
+   elseif( CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NAG" )
+    set( _ACML_COMPILER32 "nag32" )
+    set( _ACML_COMPILER64 "nag64" )
+   else()
+    set( _ACML_COMPILER32 "gfortran32" )
+    set( _ACML_COMPILER64 "gfortran64" )
+   endif()
+
+   if( BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML_MP" )
+    set(_ACML_MP_LIB_DIRS
+     "${_ACML_ROOT}/${_ACML_COMPILER32}_mp${_ACML_PATH_SUFFIX}/lib"
+     "${_ACML_ROOT}/${_ACML_COMPILER64}_mp${_ACML_PATH_SUFFIX}/lib" )
+   else()
+    set(_ACML_LIB_DIRS
+     "${_ACML_ROOT}/${_ACML_COMPILER32}${_ACML_PATH_SUFFIX}/lib"
+     "${_ACML_ROOT}/${_ACML_COMPILER64}${_ACML_PATH_SUFFIX}/lib" )
+   endif()
+  endif()
+ elseif(BLAS_${BLA_VENDOR}_LIB_DIRS)
+   set(_${BLA_VENDOR}_LIB_DIRS ${BLAS_${BLA_VENDOR}_LIB_DIRS})
+ endif()
+
+ if( BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML_MP" )
+  foreach( BLAS_ACML_MP_LIB_DIRS ${_ACML_MP_LIB_DIRS})
+   check_fortran_libraries (
+     BLAS_LIBRARIES
+     BLAS
+     sgemm
+     "" "acml_mp;acml_mv" "" ${BLAS_ACML_MP_LIB_DIRS}
+   )
+   if( BLAS_LIBRARIES )
+    break()
+   endif()
+  endforeach()
+ elseif( BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "ACML_GPU" )
+  foreach( BLAS_ACML_GPU_LIB_DIRS ${_ACML_GPU_LIB_DIRS})
+   check_fortran_libraries (
+     BLAS_LIBRARIES
+     BLAS
+     sgemm
+     "" "acml;acml_mv;CALBLAS" "" ${BLAS_ACML_GPU_LIB_DIRS}
+   )
+   if( BLAS_LIBRARIES )
+    break()
+   endif()
+  endforeach()
+ else()
+  foreach( BLAS_ACML_LIB_DIRS ${_ACML_LIB_DIRS} )
+   check_fortran_libraries (
+     BLAS_LIBRARIES
+     BLAS
+     sgemm
+     "" "acml;acml_mv" "" ${BLAS_ACML_LIB_DIRS}
+   )
+   if( BLAS_LIBRARIES )
+    break()
+   endif()
+  endforeach()
+ endif()
+
+ # Either acml or acml_mp should be in LD_LIBRARY_PATH but not both
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "acml;acml_mv"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "acml_mp;acml_mv"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "acml;acml_mv;CALBLAS"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif () # ACML
+
+# Apple BLAS library?
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Apple" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  dgemm
+  ""
+  "Accelerate"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "NAS" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if ( NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES )
+    check_fortran_libraries(
+    BLAS_LIBRARIES
+    BLAS
+    dgemm
+    ""
+    "vecLib"
+    ""
+    )
+ endif ()
+endif ()
+# Generic BLAS library?
+if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Generic" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if(NOT BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+  check_fortran_libraries(
+  BLAS_LIBRARIES
+  BLAS
+  sgemm
+  ""
+  "blas"
+  ""
+  )
+ endif()
+endif ()
+
+#BLAS in intel mkl 10 library? (em64t 64bit)
+if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "Intel" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+ if (NOT WIN32)
+  set(LM "-lm")
+ endif ()
+ if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LOADED OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LOADED)
+  if(BLAS_FIND_QUIETLY OR NOT BLAS_FIND_REQUIRED)
+    find_package(Threads)
+  else()
+    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+  endif()
+
+  set(BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS "")
+
+  if(BLA_F95)
+    set(BLAS_mkl_SEARCH_SYMBOL SGEMM)
+    set(_LIBRARIES BLAS95_LIBRARIES)
+    if (WIN32)
+      if (BLA_STATIC)
+        set(BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX "")
+      else()
+        set(BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX "_dll")
+      endif()
+
+      # Find the main file (32-bit or 64-bit)
+      set(BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_MAIN "")
+      if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Intel10_32" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_MAIN
+          "mkl_blas95${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX} mkl_intel_c${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+      endif()
+      if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "^Intel10_64lp" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_MAIN
+          "mkl_blas95_lp64${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX} mkl_intel_lp64${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+      endif ()
+
+      # Add threading/sequential libs
+      set(BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_THREAD "")
+      if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "_seq$" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_THREAD
+          "mkl_sequential${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+      endif()
+      if (NOT BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "_seq$" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        # old version
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_THREAD
+          "libguide40 mkl_intel_thread${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+        # mkl >= 10.3
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_THREAD
+          "libiomp5md mkl_intel_thread${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+      endif()
+
+      # Cartesian product of the above
+      foreach (MAIN ${BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_MAIN})
+        foreach (THREAD ${BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_THREAD})
+          list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+            "${MAIN} ${THREAD} mkl_core${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+        endforeach()
+      endforeach()
+    else ()
+      if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Intel10_32" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+          "mkl_blas95 mkl_intel mkl_intel_thread mkl_core guide")
+      endif ()
+      if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Intel10_64lp" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        # old version
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+          "mkl_blas95 mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_intel_thread mkl_core guide")
+
+        # mkl >= 10.3
+        if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES ".+gcc")
+          list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+            "mkl_blas95_lp64 mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_gnu_thread mkl_core gomp")
+        else ()
+          list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+            "mkl_blas95_lp64 mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_intel_thread mkl_core iomp5")
+        endif ()
+      endif ()
+      if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Intel10_64lp_seq" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+          "mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_sequential mkl_core")
+      endif ()
+    endif ()
+  else ()
+    set(BLAS_mkl_SEARCH_SYMBOL sgemm)
+    set(_LIBRARIES BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+    if (WIN32)
+      if (BLA_STATIC)
+        set(BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX "")
+      else()
+        set(BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX "_dll")
+      endif()
+
+      # Find the main file (32-bit or 64-bit)
+      set(BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_MAIN "")
+      if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Intel10_32" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_MAIN
+          "mkl_intel_c${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+      endif()
+      if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "^Intel10_64lp" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_MAIN
+          "mkl_intel_lp64${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+      endif ()
+
+      # Add threading/sequential libs
+      set(BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_THREAD "")
+      if (NOT BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "_seq$" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        # old version
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_THREAD
+          "libguide40 mkl_intel_thread${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+        # mkl >= 10.3
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_THREAD
+          "libiomp5md mkl_intel_thread${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+      endif()
+      if (BLA_VENDOR MATCHES "_seq$" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_THREAD
+          "mkl_sequential${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+      endif()
+
+      # Cartesian product of the above
+      foreach (MAIN ${BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_MAIN})
+        foreach (THREAD ${BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS_WIN_THREAD})
+          list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+            "${MAIN} ${THREAD} mkl_core${BLAS_mkl_DLL_SUFFIX}")
+        endforeach()
+      endforeach()
+    else ()
+      if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Intel10_32" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+          "mkl_intel mkl_intel_thread mkl_core guide")
+      endif ()
+      if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Intel10_64lp" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+
+        # old version
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+          "mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_intel_thread mkl_core guide")
+
+        # mkl >= 10.3
+        if (CMAKE_C_COMPILER MATCHES ".+gcc")
+          list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+            "mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_gnu_thread mkl_core gomp")
+        else ()
+          list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+            "mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_intel_thread mkl_core iomp5")
+        endif ()
+      endif ()
+      if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Intel10_64lp_seq" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+          "mkl_intel_lp64 mkl_sequential mkl_core")
+      endif ()
+
+      #older vesions of intel mkl libs
+      if (BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "Intel" OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+          "mkl")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+          "mkl_ia32")
+        list(APPEND BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS
+          "mkl_em64t")
+      endif ()
+    endif ()
+  endif ()
+
+  foreach (IT ${BLAS_SEARCH_LIBS})
+    string(REPLACE " " ";" SEARCH_LIBS ${IT})
+    if (NOT ${_LIBRARIES})
+      check_fortran_libraries(
+        ${_LIBRARIES}
+        BLAS
+        ${BLAS_mkl_SEARCH_SYMBOL}
+        ""
+        "${SEARCH_LIBS}"
+        "${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT};${LM}"
+        )
+    endif ()
+  endforeach ()
+
+ endif ()
+endif ()
+
+if(BLA_F95)
+  find_package_handle_standard_args(BLAS REQUIRED_VARS BLAS95_LIBRARIES)
+  set(BLAS95_FOUND ${BLAS_FOUND})
+  if(BLAS_FOUND)
+    set(BLAS_LIBRARIES "${BLAS95_LIBRARIES}")
+  endif()
+else()
+  find_package_handle_standard_args(BLAS REQUIRED_VARS BLAS_LIBRARIES)
+endif()
+
+cmake_pop_check_state()
+set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${_blas_ORIG_CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})