diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 997672169fbb4d24028a4529b1a97880b7480503..23bb27e77b9eab0c322a71a8ff570d12d1050377 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ option(REPLACE_ENFORCE_GLOG "Replace PADDLE_ENFORCE with glog/CHECK for better d
 option(WITH_ANAKIN      "Compile with Anakin library"                   OFF)
 option(WITH_GRPC     "Use grpc as the default rpc framework"            ${WITH_DISTRIBUTE})
 option(WITH_BRPC_RDMA     "Use brpc rdma as the rpc protocal"           OFF)
+option(WITH_SYSTEM_BLAS   "Use system blas library"           OFF)
 
 # CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
diff --git a/cmake/cblas.cmake b/cmake/cblas.cmake
index e3b9d94215a858c5c9a34e1b7e97540f1876801d..6ed51c648478efb9784d0c43b169c285e740e0f3 100644
--- a/cmake/cblas.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cblas.cmake
@@ -83,18 +83,20 @@ else()
   set(REFERENCE_CBLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS ${REFERENCE_CBLAS_ROOT}/lib)
 endif()
 
-find_path(REFERENCE_CBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES cblas.h PATHS
+if(WITH_SYSTEM_BLAS)
+  find_path(REFERENCE_CBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES cblas.h PATHS
         ${REFERENCE_CBLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS})
-find_library(REFERENCE_CBLAS_LIBRARY NAMES cblas PATHS
+  find_library(REFERENCE_CBLAS_LIBRARY NAMES cblas PATHS
         ${REFERENCE_CBLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS})
 
-if(REFERENCE_CBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR AND REFERENCE_CBLAS_LIBRARY)
-  set(CBLAS_FOUND ON)
-  set(CBLAS_PROVIDER REFERENCE)
-  set(CBLAS_INC_DIR ${REFERENCE_CBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR})
-  set(CBLAS_LIBRARIES ${REFERENCE_CBLAS_LIBRARY})
-  add_definitions(-DPADDLE_USE_REFERENCE_CBLAS)
-  message(STATUS "Found reference-cblas (include: ${CBLAS_INC_DIR}, library: ${CBLAS_LIBRARIES})")
+  if(REFERENCE_CBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR AND REFERENCE_CBLAS_LIBRARY)
+    set(CBLAS_FOUND ON)
+    set(CBLAS_PROVIDER REFERENCE)
+    set(CBLAS_INC_DIR ${REFERENCE_CBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR})
+    set(CBLAS_LIBRARIES ${REFERENCE_CBLAS_LIBRARY})
+    add_definitions(-DPADDLE_USE_REFERENCE_CBLAS)
+    message(STATUS "Found reference-cblas (include: ${CBLAS_INC_DIR}, library: ${CBLAS_LIBRARIES})")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(IOS_USE_VECLIB_FOR_BLAS AND VECLIB_FOUND)