diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix
index 5a62578481c..82e12cd57b3 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/science/math/liblapack/default.nix
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   cmakeFlags = [
     "-DUSE_OPTIMIZED_BLAS=ON"
     "-DCMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS=-fPIC"
+    "-DLAPACKE=ON"
   ]
   ++ (optional shared "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON");