diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/0.2.10.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/0.2.10.nix
index a8db0631911..ec4422ce895 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/0.2.10.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/0.2.10.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, gfortran, perl, liblapack }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gfortran, perl, liblapack, config }:
 
+let local = config.openblas.preferLocalBuild or false;
+    localTarget = config.openblas.target or "";
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.2.10";
 
@@ -16,17 +19,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cpu = builtins.head (stdenv.lib.splitString "-" stdenv.system);
 
-  target = if cpu == "i686" then "P2" else 
+  target = if local then localTarget else
+    if cpu == "i686" then "P2" else
     if cpu == "x86_64" then "CORE2" else
      # allow autodetect
       "";
 
   makeFlags = "${if target != "" then "TARGET=" else ""}${target} FC=gfortran CC=cc PREFIX=\"\$(out)\" INTERFACE64=1";
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
     homepage = "https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS";
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/0.2.2.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/0.2.2.nix
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c476dac955a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/0.2.2.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gfortran, perl, liblapack, config }:
+
+let local = config.openblas.preferLocalBuild or false;
+    localTarget = config.openblas.target or "";
+in
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  version = "0.2.2";
+
+  name = "openblas-${version}";
+  src = fetchurl {
+    url = "https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/tarball/v${version}";
+    sha256 = "13kdx3knff5ajnmgn419g0dnh83plin07p7akwamr3v7z5qfrzqr";
+    name = "openblas-${version}.tar.gz";
+  };
+
+  preBuild = "cp ${liblapack.src} lapack-${liblapack.meta.version}.tgz";
+
+  buildInputs = [gfortran perl];
+
+  cpu = builtins.head (stdenv.lib.splitString "-" stdenv.system);
+
+  target = if local then localTarget else
+    if cpu == "i686" then "P2" else
+    if cpu == "x86_64" then "CORE2" else
+     # allow autodetect
+      "";
+
+  makeFlags = "${if target != "" then "TARGET=" else ""}${target} FC=gfortran CC=cc PREFIX=\"\$(out)\"";
+
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
+    description = "Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS";
+    platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
index c535b1a39db..6ca1f4ccada 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/openblas/default.nix
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, gfortran, perl, liblapack }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, gfortran, perl, liblapack, config }:
 
+let local = config.openblas.preferLocalBuild or false;
+    localTarget = config.openblas.target or "";
+in
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  version = "0.2.2";
+  version = "0.2.11";
 
   name = "openblas-${version}";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/tarball/v${version}";
-    sha256 = "13kdx3knff5ajnmgn419g0dnh83plin07p7akwamr3v7z5qfrzqr";
+    sha256 = "1va4yhzgj2chcj6kaxgfbzirajp1zgvkic61959aka2xq2c5igms";
     name = "openblas-${version}.tar.gz";
   };
 
@@ -16,17 +19,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   cpu = builtins.head (stdenv.lib.splitString "-" stdenv.system);
 
-  target = if cpu == "i686" then "P2" else 
+  target = if local then localTarget else
+    if cpu == "i686" then "P2" else
     if cpu == "x86_64" then "CORE2" else
      # allow autodetect
       "";
 
-  makeFlags = "${if target != "" then "TARGET=" else ""}${target} FC=gfortran CC=cc PREFIX=\"\$(out)\"";
+  makeFlags = "${if target != "" then "TARGET=" else ""}${target} FC=gfortran CC=cc PREFIX=\"\$(out)\" INTERFACE64=1";
 
-  meta = {
+  meta = with stdenv.lib; {
     description = "Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms";
-    license = stdenv.lib.licenses.bsd3;
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
     homepage = "https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS";
     platforms = [ "x86_64-linux" ];
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ ttuegel ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 9bdf2462406..1942be80a7c 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -3128,10 +3128,12 @@ let
   juliaGit = callPackage ../development/compilers/julia/git-20131013.nix {
     liblapack = liblapack.override {shared = true;};
     llvm = llvm_33;
+    openblas = openblas_0_2_2;
   };
   julia021 = callPackage ../development/compilers/julia/0.2.1.nix {
     liblapack = liblapack.override {shared = true;};
     llvm = llvm_33;
+    openblas = openblas_0_2_2;
   };
   julia030 = let
     liblapack = liblapack_3_5_0.override {shared = true;};
@@ -3140,8 +3142,8 @@ let
     suitesparse = suitesparse.override {
       inherit liblapack;
     };
-    openblas = openblas_0_2_10;
     llvm = llvm_34;
+    openblas = openblas_0_2_10;
   };
   julia = julia021;
 
@@ -10914,10 +10916,16 @@ let
 
   liblbfgs = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/liblbfgs { };
 
-  openblas = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/openblas { };
+  # julia is pinned to specific versions of openblas, so keep old versions
+  # until they aren't needed. The un-versioned attribute may continue to track
+  # upstream development.
+  openblas = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/openblas {
+    liblapack = liblapack_3_5_0;
+  };
   openblas_0_2_10 = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/openblas/0.2.10.nix {
     liblapack = liblapack_3_5_0;
   };
+  openblas_0_2_2 = callPackage ../development/libraries/science/math/openblas/0.2.2.nix { };
 
   mathematica = callPackage ../applications/science/math/mathematica { };