diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 92b9810c..8e8429c8 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ AS_IF([test "x$enable_sse2" != "xno"], [
     CFLAGS="-mfpmath=sse -msse2 -DUSE_SSE ${CFLAGS}"
 ])
 
-AX_CBLAS()
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([cblas.h], [
+    AX_CBLAS()
+])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([data-download],
               [  --disable-data-download    Disable downloading data],