diff --git a/3rdparty/mshadow/mshadow/base.h b/3rdparty/mshadow/mshadow/base.h
index d4ea66d7bccd..6095230e14b3 100644
--- a/3rdparty/mshadow/mshadow/base.h
+++ b/3rdparty/mshadow/mshadow/base.h
@@ -337,7 +337,8 @@ const float kPi = 3.1415926f;
   typedef index_t openmp_index_t;
 #endif
 
-#if MSHADOW_USE_MKL && MXNET_USE_LAPACK
+
+#if (MSHADOW_USE_MKL && MXNET_USE_LAPACK) || MXNET_USE_ILP64_LAPACKE
   // lapack_index_t could be replaced by index_t and removed when all blas library support large tensor
   typedef index_t lapack_index_t;
 #else
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd1206adeab9..80e319a1b4bb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ if(USE_ASAN)
 endif()
 
 list(APPEND mxnet_LINKER_LIBS ${mshadow_LINKER_LIBS})
+message("After choosing blas, linking to ${mxnet_LINKER_LIBS}")
 
 foreach(var ${C_CXX_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
     include_directories(${var})
@@ -443,19 +444,19 @@ elseif(UNIX)
   list(APPEND mxnet_LINKER_LIBS Threads::Threads)
 endif()
 
-
 # ---[ LAPack
 if(USE_LAPACK)
   message("USE_LAPACK is ON")
   add_definitions(-DMXNET_USE_LAPACK=1)
-  # In the CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Distribution" case, we link against Blas libraries
-  # that already provide lapack symbols. Thus -llapack would be wrong.
-  if (NOT MSVC AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Distribution")
-    list(APPEND mxnet_LINKER_LIBS lapack)
+  if(NOT USE_LAPACKE_INTERFACE)
+    # BLAS=open case is handled in ChooseBlas.cmake
+    if(NOT MSVC AND NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL "Distribution"
+       AND NOT BLAS STREQUAL "Open" AND NOT BLAS STREQUAL "open")
+      list(APPEND mxnet_LINKER_LIBS lapack)
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()
 
-
 # ---[ jemalloc
 if(USE_JEMALLOC)
   find_package(JeMalloc)
diff --git a/ci/docker/Dockerfile.build.centos7 b/ci/docker/Dockerfile.build.centos7
index 6ae6df7f15ec..f7b90c9415ec 100644
--- a/ci/docker/Dockerfile.build.centos7
+++ b/ci/docker/Dockerfile.build.centos7
@@ -59,17 +59,29 @@ RUN yum -y check-update || true && \
         # Libraries
         # Provide clbas headerfiles
         atlas-devel \
-        openblas-devel \
-        lapack-devel \
         opencv-devel \
         openssl-devel \
         zeromq-devel \
         # Build-dependencies for ccache 3.7.9
         gperf \
         libb2-devel \
-        libzstd-devel && \
+        libzstd-devel \
+        # Required by openblas build
+        gcc-gfortran && \
     yum clean all
 
+# Build OpenBLAS from source
+RUN mkdir ~/openblas && \
+    cd ~/openblas && \
+    OPENBLAS_VERSION=0.3.10 && \
+    wget \
+        https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/archive/v${OPENBLAS_VERSION}.zip \
+        -O openblas.zip && \
+    unzip -q openblas.zip -d . && \
+    cd OpenBLAS-${OPENBLAS_VERSION} && \
+    CXX="g++ -fPIC" CC="gcc -fPIC" make -j DYNAMIC_ARCH=1 DYNAMIC_OLDER=1 && \
+    make PREFIX=/usr/local install
+
 # Make Python 3.6 and Maven 3.3 Software Collections available by default during
 # the following build steps in this Dockerfile
 SHELL [ "/usr/bin/scl", "enable", "devtoolset-7", "rh-python36", "rh-maven35" ]
diff --git a/ci/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu b/ci/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu
index 73494a6784a8..952f4c40a8bb 100644
--- a/ci/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu
+++ b/ci/docker/Dockerfile.build.ubuntu
@@ -58,14 +58,13 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
         g++ \
         g++-8 \
         intel-mkl-2020.0-088 \
+        libomp-dev \
         ## Dependencies
         libgomp1 \
         libturbojpeg0-dev \
-        libopenblas-dev \
         libcurl4-openssl-dev \
         libatlas-base-dev \
         libzmq3-dev \
-        liblapack-dev \
         libopencv-dev \
         libxml2-dev \
         # BytePS
@@ -82,9 +81,31 @@ RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
         autoconf \
         gperf \
         libb2-dev \
-        libzstd-dev && \
+        libzstd-dev \
+        gfortran && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Build OpenBLAS from source
+RUN export LIBRARY_PATH=$LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/7/ && \
+    mkdir ~/openblas && \
+    cd ~/openblas && \
+    OPENBLAS_VERSION=0.3.10 && \
+    wget \
+        https://github.com/xianyi/OpenBLAS/archive/v${OPENBLAS_VERSION}.zip \
+        -O openblas.zip && \
+    unzip -q openblas.zip -d . && \
+    cd OpenBLAS-${OPENBLAS_VERSION} && \
+    CXX="clang++-6.0 -fPIC" CC="clang-6.0 -fPIC" make -j DYNAMIC_ARCH=1 DYNAMIC_OLDER=1 \
+        USE_OPENMP=0 INTERFACE64=1 BINARY=64 && \
+    make PREFIX=/usr/local/openblas-clang install && \
+    cd .. && \
+    rm -rf OpenBLAS-${OPENBLAS_VERSION} && \
+    unzip -q openblas.zip -d . && \
+    cd OpenBLAS-${OPENBLAS_VERSION} && \
+    CXX="g++ -fPIC" CC="gcc -fPIC" make -j DYNAMIC_ARCH=1 DYNAMIC_OLDER=1 \
+        USE_OPENMP=1 INTERFACE64=1 BINARY=64 && \
+    make PREFIX=/usr/local install
+
 # ccache 3.7.9 has fixes for caching nvcc outputs
 RUN cd /usr/local/src && \
     git clone --recursive https://github.com/ccache/ccache.git && \
diff --git a/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh b/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
index c8ec09a33943..be8cdfb11a2b 100755
--- a/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
+++ b/ci/docker/runtime_functions.sh
@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@ build_ubuntu_gpu_clang10_werror() {
 build_ubuntu_cpu_clang6() {
     set -ex
     cd /work/build
+    export OpenBLAS_HOME=/usr/local/openblas-clang/
     CXX=clang++-6.0 CC=clang-6.0 cmake \
         -DUSE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE=OFF \
         -DUSE_MKLDNN=OFF \
@@ -452,6 +453,7 @@ build_ubuntu_cpu_clang6() {
 build_ubuntu_cpu_clang100() {
     set -ex
     cd /work/build
+    export OpenBLAS_HOME=/usr/local/openblas-clang/
     CXX=clang++-10 CC=clang-10 cmake \
        -DUSE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE=OFF \
        -DUSE_MKLDNN=OFF \
@@ -465,6 +467,7 @@ build_ubuntu_cpu_clang100() {
 build_ubuntu_cpu_clang_tidy() {
     set -ex
     cd /work/build
+    export OpenBLAS_HOME=/usr/local/openblas-clang/
     # TODO(leezu) USE_OPENMP=OFF 3rdparty/dmlc-core/CMakeLists.txt:79 broken?
     CXX=clang++-10 CC=clang-10 cmake \
        -DUSE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE=OFF \
@@ -481,6 +484,7 @@ build_ubuntu_cpu_clang_tidy() {
 build_ubuntu_cpu_clang6_mkldnn() {
     set -ex
     cd /work/build
+    export OpenBLAS_HOME=/usr/local/openblas-clang/
     CXX=clang++-6.0 CC=clang-6.0 cmake \
        -DUSE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE=OFF \
        -DUSE_MKLDNN=ON \
@@ -493,6 +497,7 @@ build_ubuntu_cpu_clang6_mkldnn() {
 build_ubuntu_cpu_clang100_mkldnn() {
     set -ex
     cd /work/build
+    export OpenBLAS_HOME=/usr/local/openblas-clang/
     CXX=clang++-10 CC=clang-10 cmake \
        -DUSE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE=OFF \
        -DUSE_MKLDNN=ON \
diff --git a/cmake/ChooseBlas.cmake b/cmake/ChooseBlas.cmake
index 00bde5320f67..a29ef94206c1 100644
--- a/cmake/ChooseBlas.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ChooseBlas.cmake
@@ -45,6 +45,81 @@ elseif(BLAS STREQUAL "Open" OR BLAS STREQUAL "open")
   add_definitions(-DMSHADOW_USE_CBLAS=1)
   add_definitions(-DMSHADOW_USE_MKL=0)
   add_definitions(-DMXNET_USE_BLAS_OPEN=1)
+  if(NOT MSVC)
+    # check if we need to link to omp
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_NM} -g ${OpenBLAS_LIB}
+                    COMMAND grep omp_get_num_threads
+                    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+                    OUTPUT_VARIABLE OPENBLAS_USES_OMP_OUT
+                    RESULT_VARIABLE OPENBLAS_USES_OMP_RET)
+    if(NOT OPENBLAS_USES_OMP_OUT STREQUAL "" AND NOT OPENBLAS_USES_OMP_RET AND NOT USE_OPENMP)
+      message("Openblas uses OMP, automatically linking to it")
+      find_package(OpenMP REQUIRED)
+      message("OpenMP_CXX_LIBRARIES is ${OpenMP_CXX_LIBRARIES}")
+      list(APPEND mshadow_LINKER_LIBS "${OpenMP_CXX_LIBRARIES}")
+    endif()
+    # check if we need to link to gfortran
+    execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_NM} -g ${OpenBLAS_LIB}
+                    COMMAND grep gfortran
+                    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+                    OUTPUT_VARIABLE OPENBLAS_USES_GFORTRAN_OUT
+                    RESULT_VARIABLE OPENBLAS_USES_GFORTRAN_RET)
+    if(NOT OPENBLAS_USES_GFORTRAN_OUT STREQUAL "" AND NOT OPENBLAS_USES_GFORTRAN_RET)
+      message("Openblas uses GFortran, automatically linking to it")
+      file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/temp/CMakeLists.txt"
+      "cmake_minimum_required(VERSION ${CMAKE_VERSION})
+project(CheckFortran Fortran)
+set(CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER gfortran)
+file(WRITE \"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/temp/FortranDir.cmake\"
+\"
+set(FORTRAN_DIR \\\"\$\{CMAKE_Fortran_IMPLICIT_LINK_DIRECTORIES\}\\\")
+\")
+")
+      execute_process(
+        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/temp/
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} .
+      )
+      set(FORTRAN_DIR "")
+      include(build/temp/FortranDir.cmake)
+      find_library(FORTRAN_LIB NAMES gfortran HINTS ${FORTRAN_DIR})
+      message("FORTRAN_DIR is ${FORTRAN_DIR}")
+      message("FORTRAN_LIB is ${FORTRAN_LIB}")
+      list(APPEND mshadow_LINKER_LIBS ${FORTRAN_LIB})
+      file(REMOVE_RECURSE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/temp/")
+    endif()
+    # check the lapack flavor of openblas
+    include(CheckSymbolExists)
+    check_symbol_exists(OPENBLAS_USE64BITINT "${OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR}/openblas_config.h" OPENBLAS_ILP64)
+    if(OPENBLAS_ILP64)
+      message("Using ILP64 OpenBLAS")
+      if(NOT USE_INT64_TENSOR_SIZE)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Must set USE_INT64_TENSOR_SIZE=1 when using ILP64 OpenBLAS")
+      endif()
+    else()
+      message("Using LP64 OpenBLAS")
+    endif()
+    if(USE_LAPACK)
+      if(EXISTS "${OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR}/lapacke.h")
+        message("Detected lapacke.h, automatically using the LAPACKE interface")
+        add_definitions(-DMXNET_USE_LAPACKE_INTERFACE=1)
+        set(USE_LAPACKE_INTERFACE 1)
+        if(OPENBLAS_ILP64)
+          message("Detected ILP64 LAPACKE")
+         add_definitions(-DMXNET_USE_ILP64_LAPACKE=1)
+        endif()
+      else()
+        execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_NM} -g ${OpenBLAS_LIB}
+                        COMMAND grep sgetri_
+                        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+                        OUTPUT_VARIABLE OPENBLAS_CONTAINS_C_LAPACK_OUT
+                        RESULT_VARIABLE OPENBLAS_CONTAINS_C_LAPACK_RET)
+        if(OPENBLAS_CONTAINS_C_LAPACK_OUT STREQUAL ""
+           AND NOT OPENBLAS_CONTAINS_C_LAPACK_RET)
+          list(APPEND mshadow_LINKER_LIBS lapack)
+        endif()
+      endif()
+    endif()
+  endif()
 elseif(BLAS STREQUAL "MKL" OR BLAS STREQUAL "mkl")
   if (USE_INT64_TENSOR_SIZE)
     set(MKL_USE_ILP64 ON CACHE BOOL "enable using ILP64 in MKL" FORCE)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindOpenBLAS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindOpenBLAS.cmake
index a3a79caae461..db1cdb0c0644 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindOpenBLAS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindOpenBLAS.cmake
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "$ENV{OpenBLAS_HOME}" OpenBLAS_HOME)
 file(TO_CMAKE_PATH "$ENV{OpenBLAS}" OpenBLAS_DIR)
 
 SET(Open_BLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS
+  ${OpenBLAS_HOME}
+  ${OpenBLAS_HOME}/include
   /usr/include
   /usr/include/openblas
   /usr/include/openblas-base
@@ -29,11 +31,11 @@ SET(Open_BLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS
   /usr/local/opt/openblas/include
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/OpenBLAS/include
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/OpenBLAS/include
-  ${OpenBLAS_HOME}
-  ${OpenBLAS_HOME}/include
 )
 
 SET(Open_BLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS
+        ${OpenBLAS_HOME}
+        ${OpenBLAS_HOME}/lib
         /lib/
         /lib/openblas-base
         /lib64/
@@ -48,12 +50,10 @@ SET(Open_BLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/OpenBLAS/lib
 	${OpenBLAS_DIR}
 	${OpenBLAS_DIR}/lib
-        ${OpenBLAS_HOME}
-        ${OpenBLAS_HOME}/lib
  )
 
-FIND_PATH(OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES cblas.h PATHS ${Open_BLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS})
-FIND_LIBRARY(OpenBLAS_LIB NAMES openblas PATHS ${Open_BLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS})
+FIND_PATH(OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES cblas.h HINTS ${Open_BLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS})
+FIND_LIBRARY(OpenBLAS_LIB NAMES libopenblas.a HINTS ${Open_BLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS})
 IF(NOT OpenBLAS_LIB)
 	FIND_FILE(OpenBLAS_LIB NAMES libopenblas.dll.a PATHS ${Open_BLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS})
 ENDIF()
diff --git a/config/distribution/linux_cu100.cmake b/config/distribution/linux_cu100.cmake
index 357ccd457593..284b2f628b9d 100644
--- a/config/distribution/linux_cu100.cmake
+++ b/config/distribution/linux_cu100.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@ set(USE_SSE ON CACHE BOOL "Build with x86 SSE instruction support")
 set(USE_F16C OFF CACHE BOOL "Build with x86 F16C instruction support")
 set(USE_LIBJPEG_TURBO ON CACHE BOOL "Build with libjpeg-turbo")
 set(USE_DIST_KVSTORE ON CACHE BOOL "Build with DIST_KVSTORE support")
-
 set(CUDACXX "/usr/local/cuda-10.0/bin/nvcc" CACHE STRING "Cuda compiler")
 set(MXNET_CUDA_ARCH "3.0;5.0;6.0;7.0" CACHE STRING "Cuda architectures")
diff --git a/config/distribution/linux_cu101.cmake b/config/distribution/linux_cu101.cmake
index 29fdda2d6f0a..fe969e1f9da8 100644
--- a/config/distribution/linux_cu101.cmake
+++ b/config/distribution/linux_cu101.cmake
@@ -34,6 +34,5 @@ set(USE_SSE ON CACHE BOOL "Build with x86 SSE instruction support")
 set(USE_F16C OFF CACHE BOOL "Build with x86 F16C instruction support")
 set(USE_LIBJPEG_TURBO ON CACHE BOOL "Build with libjpeg-turbo")
 set(USE_DIST_KVSTORE ON CACHE BOOL "Build with DIST_KVSTORE support")
-
 set(CUDACXX "/usr/local/cuda-10.1/bin/nvcc" CACHE STRING "Cuda compiler")
 set(MXNET_CUDA_ARCH "3.0;5.0;6.0;7.0" CACHE STRING "Cuda architectures")
diff --git a/config/distribution/linux_cu102.cmake b/config/distribution/linux_cu102.cmake
index 4e7e0509e4f9..00c76c14a02c 100644
--- a/config/distribution/linux_cu102.cmake
+++ b/config/distribution/linux_cu102.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@ set(USE_SSE ON CACHE BOOL "Build with x86 SSE instruction support")
 set(USE_F16C OFF CACHE BOOL "Build with x86 F16C instruction support")
 set(USE_LIBJPEG_TURBO ON CACHE BOOL "Build with libjpeg-turbo")
 set(USE_DIST_KVSTORE ON CACHE BOOL "Build with DIST_KVSTORE support")
-
 set(CUDACXX "/usr/local/cuda-10.2/bin/nvcc" CACHE STRING "Cuda compiler")
 set(MXNET_CUDA_ARCH "3.0;5.0;6.0;7.0" CACHE STRING "Cuda architectures")
diff --git a/config/distribution/linux_cu110.cmake b/config/distribution/linux_cu110.cmake
index 9c6ab5931928..b4fdb17570a6 100644
--- a/config/distribution/linux_cu110.cmake
+++ b/config/distribution/linux_cu110.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,5 @@ set(USE_SSE ON CACHE BOOL "Build with x86 SSE instruction support")
 set(USE_F16C OFF CACHE BOOL "Build with x86 F16C instruction support")
 set(USE_LIBJPEG_TURBO ON CACHE BOOL "Build with libjpeg-turbo")
 set(USE_DIST_KVSTORE ON CACHE BOOL "Build with DIST_KVSTORE support")
-
 set(CUDACXX "/usr/local/cuda-11.0/bin/nvcc" CACHE STRING "Cuda compiler")
 set(MXNET_CUDA_ARCH "5.0;6.0;7.0;8.0" CACHE STRING "Cuda architectures")
diff --git a/config/distribution/linux_cu92.cmake b/config/distribution/linux_cu92.cmake
index 8499421f91ec..bc4f6afebdbe 100644
--- a/config/distribution/linux_cu92.cmake
+++ b/config/distribution/linux_cu92.cmake
@@ -31,6 +31,5 @@ set(USE_TVM_OP OFF CACHE BOOL "Enable use of TVM operator build system.")
 set(USE_SSE ON CACHE BOOL "Build with x86 SSE instruction support")
 set(USE_F16C OFF CACHE BOOL "Build with x86 F16C instruction support")
 set(USE_LIBJPEG_TURBO ON CACHE BOOL "Build with libjpeg-turbo")
-
 set(CUDACXX "/usr/local/cuda-9.2/bin/nvcc" CACHE STRING "Cuda compiler")
 set(MXNET_CUDA_ARCH "3.0;5.0;6.0;7.0" CACHE STRING "Cuda architectures")
diff --git a/src/operator/c_lapack_api.cc b/src/operator/c_lapack_api.cc
index 13f24c90f6c4..2d2109d05427 100644
--- a/src/operator/c_lapack_api.cc
+++ b/src/operator/c_lapack_api.cc
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "c_lapack_api.h"
 
-#if (MSHADOW_USE_MKL && MXNET_USE_LAPACK)
+#if (MXNET_USE_LAPACK && (MSHADOW_USE_MKL || MXNET_USE_LAPACKE_INTERFACE))
 #elif MXNET_USE_LAPACK
 #else
   // use pragma message instead of warning
diff --git a/src/operator/c_lapack_api.h b/src/operator/c_lapack_api.h
index eae5c3e25f39..71161f108ce6 100644
--- a/src/operator/c_lapack_api.h
+++ b/src/operator/c_lapack_api.h
@@ -70,8 +70,8 @@
 
 using namespace mshadow;
 
-// Will cause clash with MKL fortran layer headers
-#if MSHADOW_USE_MKL == 0
+// Will cause clash with MKL/OpenBLAS fortran layer headers
+#if MSHADOW_USE_MKL == 0 && MXNET_USE_LAPACKE_INTERFACE == 0
 
 extern "C" {
 
@@ -243,11 +243,18 @@ inline void flip(int m, int n, DType *b, int ldb, DType *a, int lda) {
 }
 
 
-#if (MSHADOW_USE_MKL && MXNET_USE_LAPACK)
-
-  // We interface with the C-interface of MKL
-  // as this is the preferred way.
-  #include <mkl_lapacke.h>
+#if (MXNET_USE_LAPACK && (MSHADOW_USE_MKL || MXNET_USE_LAPACKE_INTERFACE))
+  #if MSHADOW_USE_MKL
+    #include <mkl_lapacke.h>
+  #else
+    #if MXNET_USE_ILP64_LAPACKE
+      #define lapack_int int64_t
+    #endif
+    // prevent multiple inclusion of complex.h in lapacke.h
+    #define lapack_complex_float float _Complex
+    #define lapack_complex_double double _Complex
+    #include <lapacke.h>
+  #endif
 
   #define MXNET_LAPACK_ROW_MAJOR LAPACK_ROW_MAJOR
   #define MXNET_LAPACK_COL_MAJOR LAPACK_COL_MAJOR
diff --git a/tools/dependencies/openblas.sh b/tools/dependencies/openblas.sh
index 12cad3ee2037..5b46c31f60ca 100755
--- a/tools/dependencies/openblas.sh
+++ b/tools/dependencies/openblas.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ if [[ (! -e $DEPS_PATH/lib/libopenblas.a) ]]; then
     cd $DEPS_PATH/OpenBLAS-${OPENBLAS_VERSION}
 
     # Adding NO_DYNAMIC=1 flag causes make install to fail
-    CFLAGS="-fPIC" CXXFLAGS="-fPIC" $MAKE DYNAMIC_ARCH=1 DYNAMIC_OLDER=1 USE_OPENMP=1
+    CFLAGS="-fPIC" CXXFLAGS="-fPIC" $MAKE DYNAMIC_ARCH=1 DYNAMIC_OLDER=1 USE_OPENMP=1 \
+        INTERFACE64=1 BINARY=64
     patchelf --set-rpath '$ORIGIN' --force-rpath libopenblas.so
 
     $MAKE PREFIX=$DEPS_PATH install
diff --git a/tools/staticbuild/build_lib.sh b/tools/staticbuild/build_lib.sh
index ec23ac77b5d9..429387010f5a 100755
--- a/tools/staticbuild/build_lib.sh
+++ b/tools/staticbuild/build_lib.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ cd -
 rm -rf lib; mkdir lib;
 if [[ $PLATFORM == 'linux' ]]; then
     cp -L build/libmxnet.so lib/libmxnet.so
-    cp -L staticdeps/lib/libopenblas.so lib/libopenblas.so.0
     cp -L $(ldd lib/libmxnet.so | grep libgfortran |  awk '{print $3}') lib/
 elif [[ $PLATFORM == 'darwin' ]]; then
     cp -L build/libmxnet.dylib lib/libmxnet.dylib