diff --git a/src/libext/openblas/arflags.patch b/src/libext/openblas/arflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9acce1167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libext/openblas/arflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- Makefile.org	2024-01-31 14:05:20.446866601 -0800
++++ Makefile	2024-01-31 14:06:35.069578035 -0800
+@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@
+ 	-@echo "CC          = $(CC)" >> $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/make.inc
+ 	-@echo "override CFLAGS      = $(LAPACK_CFLAGS)" >> $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/make.inc
+ 	-@echo "AR          = $(AR)" >> $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/make.inc
+-	-@echo "ARFLAGS     = $(ARFLAGS) -ru" >> $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/make.inc
++	-@echo "ARFLAGS     = $(ARFLAGS) -rUv" >> $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/make.inc
+ 	-@echo "RANLIB      = $(RANLIB)" >> $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/make.inc
+ 	-@echo "LAPACKLIB   = ../../$(LIBNAME)" >> $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/make.inc
+ 	-@echo "TMGLIB      = ../../../$(LIBNAME)" >> $(NETLIB_LAPACK_DIR)/make.inc
diff --git a/src/libext/openblas/build_openblas.sh b/src/libext/openblas/build_openblas.sh
index 014f211cdd..d7e3af55c8 100755
--- a/src/libext/openblas/build_openblas.sh
+++ b/src/libext/openblas/build_openblas.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 #set -v
 arch=`uname -m`
-VERSION=0.3.24
+VERSION=0.3.26
 #COMMIT=974acb39ff86121a5a94be4853f58bd728b56b81
 BRANCH=develop
 if [ -f  OpenBLAS-${VERSION}.tar.gz ]; then
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ patch -p0 -s -N < ../arm64_fopt.patch
 #patch -p1 -s -N < ../9402df5604e69f86f58953e3883f33f98c930baf.patch
 patch -p0 -s -N < ../crayftn.patch
 patch -p0 -s -N < ../f_check.patch
+USE_ARUR=$(rm -f aru.tmp;ar --help  > aru.tmp 2>&1; grep U aru.tmp| awk ' /ctual timest/ {print "Y";exit};'; rm -f aru.tmp)
+if [[ ${USE_ARUR} == "Y" ]]; then
+patch -p0 -s -N < ../arflags.patch
+fi
 if [[  -z "${FORCETARGET}" ]]; then
 FORCETARGET=" "
 UNAME_S=$(uname -s)