diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
index 0829557d0f3..02d51f0c419 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/arpack/default.nix
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   ];
 
   preCheck = if stdenv.isDarwin then ''
-    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}`pwd`/lib
+    export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH''${DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}`pwd`/lib:${blas}/lib:${lapack}/lib
   '' else ''
     export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH''${LD_LIBRARY_PATH:+:}`pwd`/lib
   '' + ''