configure-libraries.ac |    3 ++-
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/configure-libraries.ac b/configure-libraries.ac
index 6e9579d..a919398 100755
--- a/configure-libraries.ac
+++ b/configure-libraries.ac
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ AC_ARG_WITH(atlas,
 	AS_HELP_STRING([--with-atlas],[use the ATLAS BLAS library (default-use if found)]),,with_atlas=check)
 if test x$with_atlas != xno; then
 	FOUNDATLAS=yes
+	PKG_CHECK_MODULES([ATLAS], [cblas])
 	AC_CHECK_HEADERS(cblas.h,,FOUNDATLAS=no
 		AC_MSG_WARN([ATLAS header files (cblas.h) not found 
 Is CPPFLAGS is defined to include relevant directory?]))
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ Is CPPFLAGS is defined to include relevant directory?]))
 		AC_MSG_WARN([ATLAS library (libatlas.a) not found
 Is LDFLAGS is defined to include relevant directory?]))
 	if test x$FOUNDATLAS = xyes; then	
-		LIBS="-lcblas $LIBS"
+		LIBS="$ATLAS_LIBS $LIBS"
 		CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -DLCM_USE_EXTERNAL"
 	else
 		if test x$with_atlas = xyes; then