diff --git a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
index d7fd0983128a8f12161a7adad7dcba9f90651be2..58d70a27fda7b558e9afa3e0d7774da8d5815ceb 100644
--- a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,14 @@ IF(NOT ${CBLAS_FOUND})
 
     IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
         ENABLE_LANGUAGE(Fortran)
-        find_library(GFORTRAN_LIBRARY NAMES gfortran)
+        string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+" Fortran_VERSION ${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_VERSION})
+        list(GET Fortran_VERSION 0 Fortran_MAJOR)
+        list(GET Fortran_VERSION 1 Fortran_MINOR)
+        find_library(GFORTRAN_LIBRARY NAMES gfortran PATHS 
+                     /lib
+                     /usr/lib
+                     /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/${Fortran_MAJOR}.${Fortran_MINOR}/
+                     /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/${Fortran_MAJOR}/)
         if (NOT GFORTRAN_LIBRARY)
             message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot found gfortran library which it is used by openblas")
         endif()