diff --git a/math/lapack/Makefile b/math/lapack/Makefile
index 9cef042dd088..f8e55fd1850d 100644
--- a/math/lapack/Makefile
+++ b/math/lapack/Makefile
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ do-install:
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/BLAS/SRC/libblas.* ${PREFIX}/lib
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/SRC/liblapack.* ${PREFIX}/lib
 .if ${PORTOBJFORMAT} == "elf"
-	${LN} -sf libblas.so.3 ${PREFIX}/lib/libblas.so
+	${LN} -sf libblas.so.2 ${PREFIX}/lib/libblas.so
 	${LN} -sf liblapack.so.3 ${PREFIX}/lib/liblapack.so
 .else
 	${LN} -sf libblas.so.2.0 ${PREFIX}/lib/libblas.so