diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/su/superlu_dist/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/su/superlu_dist/package.nix
index 79324369668c..2a92911d417f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/su/superlu_dist/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/su/superlu_dist/package.nix
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   fetchurl,
   llvmPackages,
   cmake,
+  pkg-config,
   gfortran,
   blas,
   lapack,
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
   nativeBuildInputs =
     [
       cmake
+      pkg-config
     ]
     ++ lib.optionals fortranSupport [
       gfortran
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
       (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS" (!stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic))
       (lib.cmakeBool "BUILD_STATIC_LIBS" stdenv.hostPlatform.isStatic)
       (lib.cmakeBool "XSDK_ENABLE_Fortran" fortranSupport)
+      (lib.cmakeBool "BLA_PREFER_PKGCONFIG" true)
       (lib.cmakeBool "TPL_ENABLE_INTERNAL_BLASLIB" false)
       (lib.cmakeBool "TPL_ENABLE_LAPACKLIB" true)
       (lib.cmakeBool "TPL_ENABLE_PARMETISLIB" withParmetis)