diff --git a/platform/posix/Cantera.mak.in b/platform/posix/Cantera.mak.in
index 25ae07b2c..8075f0142 100644
--- a/platform/posix/Cantera.mak.in
+++ b/platform/posix/Cantera.mak.in
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ CANTERA_SUNDIALS_LIBS=@mak_sundials_libdir@ @mak_sundials_libs@
 #         BLAS LAPACK LINKAGE
 ###############################################################################
 
-CANTERA_BLAS_LAPACK_LIBS=-L@blas_lapack_dir@ @mak_blas_lapack_libs@
+CANTERA_BLAS_LAPACK_LIBS=@mak_blas_lapack_libs@
 
 ###############################################################################
 #      COMBINATIONS OF INCLUDES AND LIBS
diff --git a/platform/posix/SConscript b/platform/posix/SConscript
index 4e910d169..9d529cc5c 100644
--- a/platform/posix/SConscript
+++ b/platform/posix/SConscript
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ else:
     localenv['mak_boost_include'] = ''
 
 # Handle BLAS/LAPACK linkage
-localenv['mak_blas_lapack_libs'] = ' '.join('-l%s' % s for s in localenv['blas_lapack_libs'])
+blas_lapack_libs = ' '.join('-l%s' % s for s in localenv['blas_lapack_libs'])
+if localenv['blas_lapack_dir']:
+    localenv['mak_blas_lapack_libs'] = '-L{} {}'.format(localenv['blas_lapack_dir'],
+                                                        blas_lapack_libs)
+else:
+    localenv['mak_blas_lapack_libs'] = blas_lapack_libs
 
 if 'Accelerate' in localenv['FRAMEWORKS']:
     localenv['mak_blas_lapack_libs'] += ' -framework Accelerate'