diff -up mpich/configure.ac.atlas mpich/configure.ac
--- mpich/configure.ac.atlas	2015-03-19 12:45:07.946282074 +0100
+++ mpich/configure.ac	2015-03-19 12:45:07.955282120 +0100
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ if test x"${have_mkl}" = x"yes" ; then
 else
 
   dnl first check blas
-  AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dgemm],[blas],[have_blas=yes],[have_blas=no])
+  AC_SEARCH_LIBS([dgemm],[satlas blas],[have_blas=yes],[have_blas=no])
   AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether we can link a program with a blas lib])
   AC_MSG_RESULT([${have_blas}])