diff --git a/src/libext/elpa/build_elpa.sh b/src/libext/elpa/build_elpa.sh
index 964dab49d9..4556fd7c9b 100755
--- a/src/libext/elpa/build_elpa.sh
+++ b/src/libext/elpa/build_elpa.sh
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ echo MYCFLAGS is $MYCFLAGS
 echo 64ints is $sixty4_int
 echo MYLINK is "${MYLINK}"
 export SCALAPACK_LDFLAGS="${MYLINK}"
+export SCALAPACK_FCFLAGS+="${MYLINK}"
 export    FC=$MPIF90
 export CC=$MPICC
 #hack