diff --git a/cmake/mshadow.cmake b/cmake/mshadow.cmake
index 635286e8..035080a9 100644
--- a/cmake/mshadow.cmake
+++ b/cmake/mshadow.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 set(mshadow_LINKER_LIBS "")
 
-set(BLAS "Open" CACHE STRING "Selected BLAS library")
-set_property(CACHE BLAS PROPERTY STRINGS "Atlas;Open;MKL")
+set(BLAS "openblas" CACHE STRING "Selected BLAS library")
+set_property(CACHE BLAS PROPERTY STRINGS "atlas;openblas;mkl;blas")
 
 if(USE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE)
   if(NOT MKL_FOUND)
@@ -9,26 +9,32 @@ if(USE_MKL_IF_AVAILABLE)
   endif()
   if(MKL_FOUND)
     if(USE_MKLML_MKL)
-      set(BLAS "open")
+      set(BLAS "mkl")
     else()
-      set(BLAS "MKL")
+      set(BLAS "openblas")
     endif()
   endif()
 endif()
 
-if(BLAS STREQUAL "Atlas" OR BLAS STREQUAL "atlas")
+if(BLAS STREQUAL "atlas")
   find_package(Atlas REQUIRED)
   include_directories(SYSTEM ${Atlas_INCLUDE_DIR})
   list(APPEND mshadow_LINKER_LIBS ${Atlas_LIBRARIES})
   add_definitions(-DMSHADOW_USE_CBLAS=1)
   add_definitions(-DMSHADOW_USE_MKL=0)
-elseif(BLAS STREQUAL "Open" OR BLAS STREQUAL "open")
+elseif(BLAS STREQUAL "openblas")
   find_package(OpenBLAS REQUIRED)
   include_directories(SYSTEM ${OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR})
   list(APPEND mshadow_LINKER_LIBS ${OpenBLAS_LIB})
   add_definitions(-DMSHADOW_USE_CBLAS=1)
   add_definitions(-DMSHADOW_USE_MKL=0)
-elseif(BLAS STREQUAL "MKL" OR BLAS STREQUAL "mkl")
+elseif(BLAS STREQUAL "blas")
+  set(BLA_VENDOR "Generic")
+  find_package(BLAS REQUIRED)
+  list(APPEND mshadow_LINKER_LIBS ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
+  add_definitions(-DMSHADOW_USE_CBLAS=1)
+  add_definitions(-DMSHADOW_USE_MKL=0)
+elseif(BLAS STREQUAL "mkl")
   find_package(MKL REQUIRED)
   include_directories(SYSTEM ${MKL_INCLUDE_DIR})
   list(APPEND mshadow_LINKER_LIBS ${MKL_LIBRARIES})