diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c5e37d20d29fee29b581d702aec1d219b40f2370..96dced7179d893023b4b06db05a8bf1152f8a14c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ if(ENABLE_BLAS_LAPACK)
     if(LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
       set(HAVE_BLAS TRUE)
       set(HAVE_LAPACK TRUE)
-      list(APPEND CONFIG_OPTIONS "MKL")
+      list(APPEND CONFIG_OPTIONS "IntelMKL")
     else(LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
       set(REFLAPACK_LIBS_REQUIRED lapack blas g2c gcc)
       find_all_libraries(LAPACK_LIBRARIES REFLAPACK_LIBS_REQUIRED "")
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ if(ENABLE_BLAS_LAPACK)
     if(LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
       set(HAVE_BLAS TRUE)
       set(HAVE_LAPACK TRUE)
-      list(APPEND CONFIG_OPTIONS "MKL")
+      list(APPEND CONFIG_OPTIONS "IntelMKL")
     endif(LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
   elseif(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "SunOS")
     # on SunOS we know blas and lapack are available in sunperf