--- b/science/py-scipy/Makefile	
+++ b/science/py-scipy/Makefile	
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 BUILD_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pip>0:devel/py-pip@${PY_FLAVOR} \
 		${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}pybind11>0:devel/py-pybind11@${PY_FLAVOR}
-LIB_DEPENDS=	libblas.so:math/blas \
-		libopenblas.so:math/openblas
 RUN_DEPENDS=	${PYNUMPY}
 
 USES=		compiler:c++14-lang fortran python:3.7+ shebangfix
@@ -35,13 +33,30 @@ PYDISTUTILS_CONFIGUREARGS=	--fcompiler=gnu95
 PORTDOCS=	scipy-ref-${PORTVERSION}.pdf
 
 SHEBANG_FILES=	scipy/sparse/linalg/isolve/tests/test_gcrotmk.py
+GCCLIBDIR_CMDS=	${FC} -print-file-name=libgfortran.so | ${SED} -e s/libgfortran.so//
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
+OPTIONS_DEFAULT= OPENBLAS
+OPTIONS_SINGLE=		BLASLIB
+OPTIONS_SINGLE_BLASLIB=	ATLAS OPENBLAS
+ATLAS_USES=		blaslapack:atlas
+ATLAS_VARS=		BLASLIBS="ptf77blas, ptcblas" BLASNAME=atlas LAPACKLIBS=alapack LIBRARIES=atlas_libs
+OPENBLAS_USES=		blaslapack:openblas
+OPENBLAS_LIB_DEPENDS=   libblas.so:math/blas
+OPENBLAS_VARS=		BLASLIBS="openblas, gfortran" BLASNAME=openblas LAPACKLIBS="openblas, gfortran" LIBRARIES=libraries
 
 post-patch:
 # This line help fix the plist error because autoplist list it as a file but it is a directory
 	@${TOUCH} ${WRKSRC}/scipy/stats/tests/data/tmp
+	@${CP} ${FILESDIR}/site.cfg ${WRKSRC}/site.cfg
 
+pre-configure:
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%LOCALBASE%%|${LOCALBASE}|g' \
+		-e 's|%%BLASLIBS%%|${BLASLIBS}|; s|%%BLASNAME%%|${BLASNAME}|' \
+		-e 's|%%LAPACKLIBS%%|${LAPACKLIBS}|; s|%%LIBRARIES%%|${LIBRARIES}|' \
+			${WRKSRC}/site.cfg	
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e "s|%%GCCLIBDIR%%|$$(${GCCLIBDIR_CMDS})|" ${WRKSRC}/site.cfg
+	
 post-install:
 	${FIND} ${STAGEDIR}${PYTHON_SITELIBDIR}/scipy/ -name '*.so' | ${XARGS} ${STRIP_CMD}
 
@@ -49,4 +64,5 @@ post-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${DISTDIR}/${PORTDOCS} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
+
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
--- /dev/null	
+++ b/science/py-scipy/files/site.cfg	
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ 
+[DEFAULT]
+library_dirs = /usr/lib:%%LOCALBASE%%/lib:%%GCCLIBDIR%%
+include_dirs = /usr/include:%%LOCALBASE%%/include
+src_dirs = %%LOCALBASE%%/src
+# search static libraries (.a) in preference to shared ones (.so)
+search_static_first = 0
+
+[%%BLASNAME%%]
+%%LIBRARIES%% = %%BLASLIBS%%
+lapack_libs = %%LAPACKLIBS%%