diff -up RScaLAPACK/RScaLAPACK/configure.in.lapack RScaLAPACK/RScaLAPACK/configure.in
--- RScaLAPACK/RScaLAPACK/configure.in.lapack	2010-01-14 16:56:17.438069070 -0500
+++ RScaLAPACK/RScaLAPACK/configure.in	2010-01-14 16:56:54.700069361 -0500
@@ -139,8 +139,10 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_atfork,[
 
 if test "${supply_lapack}" = yes; then
 
-
-	if test -f ${LAPACK_LIB}/liblapack.a; then
+	if test -f ${LAPACK_LIB}/liblapack.so; then
+		LIBS="-llapack ${LIBS}"
+		AC_MSG_NOTICE(lapack libs found)
+	elif test -f ${LAPACK_LIB}/liblapack.a; then
 		LIBS="-llapack ${LIBS}"
 	elif test -f ${SCALAPACK_LIB}/libreflapack.a; then
 		LIBS="${SCALAPACK_LIB}/libreflapack.a  ${LIBS}"