diff --git a/src/blas/GNUmakefile b/src/blas/GNUmakefile
index 9d71cd874e..b5ae98ae38 100644
--- a/src/blas/GNUmakefile
+++ b/src/blas/GNUmakefile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ endif
 include ../config/makefile.h
 
        LIBRARY = libnwcblas.a
+       LIB_INCLUDES = -I../util
 
 #
 # USE both double and single now (short term solution for added single precision