diff --git a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
index d47eabba44be3b02c09946fe8e7ea62f61037a65..0eeccbf7d8a1df17351c8914df6dabf005802787 100644
--- a/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/openblas.cmake
@@ -73,17 +73,18 @@ 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}\";")
-
 IF(${CBLAS_PROVIDER} MATCHES MKL)
     ADD_LIBRARY(cblas SHARED ${dummyfile})
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(cblas ${CBLAS_LIBRARIES})
-    ADD_DEPENDENCIES(cblas mklml)
 ELSE()
     ADD_LIBRARY(cblas STATIC ${dummyfile})
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(cblas ${CBLAS_LIBRARIES})
 ENDIF()
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(cblas ${CBLAS_LIBRARIES})
 
 IF(NOT ${CBLAS_FOUND})
     ADD_DEPENDENCIES(cblas extern_openblas)
     LIST(APPEND external_project_dependencies cblas)
+ELSE()
+    IF("${CBLAS_PROVIDER}" STREQUAL "MKLML")
+        ADD_DEPENDENCIES(cblas mklml)
+    ENDIF()
 ENDIF(NOT ${CBLAS_FOUND})