diff --git a/make/mshadow.mk b/make/mshadow.mk
index 05986668..6dde7320 100644
--- a/make/mshadow.mk
+++ b/make/mshadow.mk
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(USE_BLAS), openblas)
 	MSHADOW_LDFLAGS += -lopenblas
 else ifeq ($(USE_BLAS), atlas)
-	MSHADOW_LDFLAGS += -lcblas
+	MSHADOW_CFLAGS += -I/usr/include/atlas/
+	MSHADOW_LDFLAGS += -lcblas -llapack_atlas
 else ifeq ($(USE_BLAS), blas)
 	MSHADOW_LDFLAGS += -lblas
 else ifeq ($(USE_BLAS), apple)