diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
index 48bbd3aa785..20b24d10fe6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, gfortran, openblas }:
 
-let version = "3.1.4";
+let version = "3.1.5";
 in
 stdenv.mkDerivation {
   name = "arpack-${version}";
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://forge.scilab.org/index.php/p/arpack-ng/downloads/get/arpack-ng_${version}.tar.gz";
-    sha256 = "0m4cqy3d7fpzx1nac3brhr298qj7vx3fchjdz5b7n0pp616cmcm1";
+    sha256 = "05fmg4m0yri47rzgsl2mnr1qbzrs7qyd557p3v9wwxxw0rwcwsd2";
   };
 
   buildInputs = [ gfortran ];
   propagatedBuildInputs = [ openblas ];
 
+  preConfigure = ''
+    substituteInPlace arpack.pc.in \
+      --replace "@BLAS_LIBS@" "-L${openblas}/lib @BLAS_LIBS@"
+  '';
+
   # Auto-detection fails because gfortran brings in BLAS by default
   configureFlags="--with-blas=-lopenblas --with-lapack=-lopenblas";