diff --git a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
index 06ca85820d081be61144341636b38d9cd2b051f6..42ffd6cf347ea54ce059519770629761ae0256ee 100644
--- a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
@@ -115,7 +115,11 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CBLAS_INC_DIR})
 # linear algebra libraries for cc_library(xxx SRCS xxx.c DEPS cblas)
 SET(dummyfile ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cblas_dummy.c)
 FILE(WRITE ${dummyfile} "const char * dummy = \"${dummyfile}\";")
-ADD_LIBRARY(cblas STATIC ${dummyfile})
+IF(${CBLAS_PROVIDER} EQUAL MKLML)
+    ADD_LIBRARY(cblas SHARED ${dummyfile})
+ELSE()
+    ADD_LIBRARY(cblas STATIC ${dummyfile})
+ENDIF()
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(cblas ${CBLAS_LIBRARIES})
 
 IF(NOT ${CBLAS_FOUND})