diff --git a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/shogun/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/shogun/default.nix
index 0ac40b1e7d4..402ef0d9588 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/shogun/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/science/machine-learning/shogun/default.nix
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # data, compression
 , bzip2, curl, hdf5, json_c, lzma, lzo, protobuf, snappy
 # maths
-, blas, eigen, nlopt, lp_solve, colpack
+, openblasCompat, eigen, nlopt, lp_solve, colpack
 # libraries
 , libarchive, liblapack, libxml2
 # extra support
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   CCACHE_DIR=".ccache";
 
   buildInputs = with lib; [
-      blas bzip2 ccache cmake colpack curl ctags eigen hdf5 json_c lp_solve lzma lzo
+      openblasCompat bzip2 ccache cmake colpack curl ctags eigen hdf5 json_c lp_solve lzma lzo
       protobuf nlopt snappy swig (libarchive.dev) liblapack libxml2
     ]
     ++ optionals (pythonSupport) (with pythonPackages; [ python ply numpy ])