diff -up src/module_list.py.orig src/module_list.py
--- src/module_list.py.orig	2017-11-08 08:34:54.635233833 -0500
+++ src/module_list.py	2017-11-08 08:36:05.888236561 -0500
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ SAGE_INC = '/usr/include'
 import pkgconfig
 
 # CBLAS can be one of multiple implementations
-cblas_pc = pkgconfig.parse('cblas')
+cblas_pc = pkgconfig.parse('atlas')
 cblas_libs = cblas_pc['libraries']
 cblas_library_dirs = cblas_pc['library_dirs']
 cblas_include_dirs = cblas_pc['include_dirs']
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ 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' ]
 
 # FFLAS-FFPACK
 fflas_ffpack_pc = pkgconfig.parse('fflas-ffpack')
@@ -44,7 +42,9 @@ givaro_cflags = pkgconfig.cflags('givaro
 # The above cblas should already be in the list thanks to #20646
 gsl_pc = pkgconfig.parse('gsl')
 gsl_libs = gsl_pc['libraries']
-gsl_library_dirs = gsl_pc['library_dirs']
+gsl_libs.remove('gslcblas')
+gsl_libs.extend(cblas_libs)
+gsl_library_dirs = list(cblas_pc['library_dirs'])
 gsl_include_dirs = gsl_pc['include_dirs']
 
 # GD image library
diff -up src/sage/misc/cython.py.orig src/sage/misc/cython.py
--- src/sage/misc/cython.py.orig	2017-11-08 08:36:27.499237389 -0500
+++ src/sage/misc/cython.py	2017-11-08 08:36:37.240237762 -0500
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import pkgconfig
 
 
 # CBLAS can be one of multiple implementations
-cblas_pc = pkgconfig.parse('cblas')
+cblas_pc = pkgconfig.parse('atlas')
 cblas_libs = list(cblas_pc['libraries'])
 cblas_library_dirs = list(cblas_pc['library_dirs'])
 cblas_include_dirs = list(cblas_pc['include_dirs'])