diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/suitesparse/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/suitesparse/default.nix
index f30db472b0d..e32b8b34426 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/suitesparse/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/suitesparse/default.nix
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
         for i in "$out"/lib/lib*.a; do
           ar -x $i
         done
-        gcc *.o --shared -o "$out/lib/libsuitesparse.so"
+        gcc *.o --shared -o "$out/lib/libsuitesparse.so" -lopenblas
     )
     for i in umfpack cholmod amd camd colamd spqr; do
       ln -s libsuitesparse.so "$out"/lib/lib$i.so;