diff -up src/module_list.py.orig src/module_list.py
--- src/module_list.py.orig	2019-01-16 09:47:07.804224297 -0700
+++ src/module_list.py	2019-01-16 09:47:21.611976523 -0700
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ SAGE_INC = '/usr/include'
 import pkgconfig
 
 # CBLAS can be one of multiple implementations
-cblas_pc = pkgconfig.parse('cblas')
+cblas_pc = pkgconfig.parse('openblas')
 cblas_libs = cblas_pc['libraries']
 cblas_library_dirs = cblas_pc['library_dirs']
 cblas_include_dirs = cblas_pc['include_dirs']
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ cblas_include_dirs = cblas_pc['include_d
 if os.path.exists('/usr/lib/libblas.dll.a'):
     cblas_libs = ['gslcblas']
 
-# LAPACK can be one of multiple implementations
-lapack_pc = pkgconfig.parse('lapack')
-lapack_libs = lapack_pc['libraries']
-lapack_library_dirs = lapack_pc['library_dirs']
-lapack_include_dirs = lapack_pc['include_dirs']
+lapack_libs = [ 'lapack' ]
+lapack_library_dirs = []
+lapack_include_dirs = [ SAGE_INC + '/lapack' ]
 
 # GD image library
 gd_pc = pkgconfig.parse('gdlib')
diff -up src/sage/misc/cython.py.orig src/sage/misc/cython.py
--- src/sage/misc/cython.py.orig	2019-01-04 10:27:47.031123276 -0700
+++ src/sage/misc/cython.py	2019-01-04 11:18:40.060863533 -0700
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ from sage.misc.sage_ostools import resto
 
 
 # CBLAS can be one of multiple implementations
-cblas_pc = pkgconfig.parse('cblas')
+cblas_pc = pkgconfig.parse('openblas')
 cblas_libs = list(cblas_pc['libraries'])
 cblas_library_dirs = list(cblas_pc['library_dirs'])
 cblas_include_dirs = list(cblas_pc['include_dirs'])