diff --git a/pkgs/openblas.yaml b/pkgs/openblas.yaml
index 03942c318..1c6948aab 100644
--- a/pkgs/openblas.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/openblas.yaml
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ build_stages:
 when_build_dependency:
 - {set: 'BLAS_LDFLAGS', value: '-Wl,-rpath,${ARTIFACT}/lib -L${ARTIFACT}/lib -lopenblas'}
 - {set: 'LAPACK_LDFLAGS', value: '-Wl,-rpath,${ARTIFACT}/lib -L${ARTIFACT}/lib -lopenblas'}
+- {set: 'OPENBLAS_DIR', value: '${ARTIFACT}'}