diff --git a/plugins/milk-extra-src/linalgebra/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/milk-extra-src/linalgebra/CMakeLists.txt
index f62033b4..448b1cc6 100644
--- a/plugins/milk-extra-src/linalgebra/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/milk-extra-src/linalgebra/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@ target_link_libraries(${LIBNAME} PUBLIC ${MKL_LIBRARIES})
 target_compile_options(${LIBNAME} PUBLIC -DHAVE_MKL ${MKL_CFLAGS_OTHER})
 endif()
 
-
+if(NOT MKL_FOUND) # Need to link against actual LAPACKE
+  message("-- MKL NOT FOUND")
+  message("   LINKING LAPACKE")
+  target_link_libraries(${LIBNAME} PRIVATE lapacke)
+endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(${LIBNAME} PRIVATE CLIcore)
 
@@ -151,4 +155,4 @@ message("---------------------------------------")
 
 install(TARGETS ${LIBNAME} DESTINATION lib)
 install(FILES ${INCLUDEFILES} DESTINATION include/${SRCNAME})
-install(PROGRAMS ${SCRIPTS} DESTINATION bin)
\ No newline at end of file
+install(PROGRAMS ${SCRIPTS} DESTINATION bin)