diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eaafb9f3fc69e24b63e3b3175e19f8375c2e0e77..3ad955a65fcee29a52a73b32b02ac30dd81878f6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,8 @@ endif()
 message("Checking Armadillo dependencies")
 find_package(LAPACK)
 find_package(BLAS)
-if(NOT LAPACK_FOUND AND NOT BLAS_FOUND AND ALLOW_DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD)
+find_package(OpenBLAS)
+if(NOT LAPACK_FOUND AND NOT BLAS_FOUND AND NOT OpenBLAS_FOUND AND ALLOW_DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD)
     # Download and build OpenBLAS locally
     message("LAPACK nor BLAS were found - OpenBLAS will be downloaded and built.")
     include(DownloadOpenBLAS)
diff --git a/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake b/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
index 5189661605cd8b66cb42aa5f270c9a9ce5deadbd..edb794b9174f0d077eaf2bb4da41b68c9311d448 100644
--- a/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
+++ b/DownloadOpenBLAS.cmake
@@ -20,23 +20,23 @@ FetchContent_Populate(OpenBLAS)
 ##################
 # Build OpenBLAS #
 ##################
-execute_process(
-    COMMAND cmake -j ${N_CORES} .
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OPENBLAS_LOCAL_PATH}
-    RESULT_VARIABLE rv
-)
-if(NOT rv STREQUAL "0")
-    message("OpenBLAS build: cmake .: ${rv}")
-endif()
-
-execute_process(
-    COMMAND cmake --build . -j ${N_CORES} --config Release
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OPENBLAS_LOCAL_PATH}
-    RESULT_VARIABLE rv
-)
-if(NOT rv STREQUAL "0")
-    message("OpenBLAS build: cmake --build . -j ${N_CORES}: ${rv}")
-endif()
+#execute_process(
+#    COMMAND cmake -j ${N_CORES} .
+#    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OPENBLAS_LOCAL_PATH}
+#    RESULT_VARIABLE rv
+#)
+#if(NOT rv STREQUAL "0")
+#    message("OpenBLAS build: cmake .: ${rv}")
+#endif()
+#
+#execute_process(
+#    COMMAND cmake --build . -j ${N_CORES} --config Release
+#    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${OPENBLAS_LOCAL_PATH}
+#    RESULT_VARIABLE rv
+#)
+#if(NOT rv STREQUAL "0")
+#    message("OpenBLAS build: cmake --build . -j ${N_CORES}: ${rv}")
+#endif()
 
 set(OpenBLAS_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/external_dependencies/OpenBLAS)
 find_package(OpenBLAS)
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ find_package(OpenBLAS)
 if(NOT BLAS_FOUND)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "OpenBLAS was not downloaded successfully!")
 else()
-    message("OpenBLAS libraries: "${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
+    message("OpenBLAS libraries: " ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
diff --git a/FindOpenBLAS.cmake b/FindOpenBLAS.cmake
index 7ba8459167926b851958f0dac78875e85552d675..506c015753c76584479d26d081bd04b23b31c490 100644
--- a/FindOpenBLAS.cmake
+++ b/FindOpenBLAS.cmake
@@ -1,47 +1,31 @@
 message("FindOpenBLAS starting...")
 
-SET(Open_BLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS
-        ${OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIRECTORY}
-        $ENV{OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIRECTORY}
-        /usr/include
-        /usr/include/openblas
-        /usr/include/openblas-base
-        /usr/local/include
-        /usr/local/include/openblas
-        /usr/local/include/openblas-base
-        /opt/OpenBLAS/include
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/external_dependencies/OpenBLAS
-        )
+set(OpenBLAS_ROOT external_dependencies/OpenBLAS)
 
-SET(Open_BLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS
-        ${OpenBLAS_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY}
-        $ENV{OpenBLAS_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY}
-        /lib/
-        /lib/openblas-base
-        /lib64/
-        /usr/lib
-        /usr/lib/openblas-base
-        /usr/lib64
-        /usr/local/lib
-        /usr/local/lib64
-        /opt/OpenBLAS/lib
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/external_dependencies/OpenBLAS/lib
-        )
+FIND_PATH(
+    OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR
 
-FIND_PATH(OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR
     NAMES
     cblas.h
 
-    PATHS
-        ${Open_BLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS}
+    HINTS
+        ${OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIRECTORY}
+        $ENV{OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIRECTORY}
+        /usr/include/
+        /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu
+        external_dependencies/OpenBLAS
 )
 
 FIND_LIBRARY(OpenBLAS_LIBRARIES
     NAMES
-    openblas
-
-    PATHS
-        ${Open_BLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS}
+    ${LIB_PREFIX}openblas.${LIB_SUFFIX}
+
+    HINTS
+    ${OpenBLAS_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY}
+    $ENV{OpenBLAS_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY}
+    /usr/lib
+    /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
+    external_dependencies/OpenBLAS/lib
 )
 
 # Set OpenBLAS_Found
@@ -54,7 +38,7 @@ FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(
 
         REQUIRED_VARS
             OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR
-            OpenBLAS_LIBRARY_DIR
+            OpenBLAS_LIBRARIES
 )
 
 IF (OpenBLAS_FOUND)