diff --git a/mumps.changes b/mumps.changes
index 2cf3869..5179214 100644
--- a/mumps.changes
+++ b/mumps.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Jul 17 09:42:01 UTC 2019 - Michel Normand <normand@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
+
+- Add BuildRequires libopenblas-gnu-hpc >=  0.3.6 for hpc to  avoid
+  to build when openblas library not available (ppc64)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Apr  3 14:24:22 UTC 2019 - Christian Goll <cgoll@suse.com>
 
diff --git a/mumps.spec b/mumps.spec
index 0357d9d..9695806 100644
--- a/mumps.spec
+++ b/mumps.spec
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 %define pname mumps
 %define ver 5.1.2
 %define so_ver 5
+%define openblas_vers 0.3.6
 
 %define PNAME %(echo %{pname} | tr [a-z] [A-Z])
 %define _ver %(echo %{ver} | tr . _)
@@ -234,6 +235,7 @@ BuildRequires:  %{mpi_family}%{?mpi_ver}-%{compiler_family}%{?c_f_ver}-hpc-macro
 BuildRequires:  fdupes
 BuildRequires:  libblacs2-%{compiler_family}-%{mpi_family}%{?mpi_ver}-hpc-devel
 BuildRequires:  libgomp1
+BuildRequires:  libopenblas-%{compiler_family}-hpc >=  %{openblas_vers}
 BuildRequires:  libscalapack2-%{compiler_family}-%{mpi_family}%{?mpi_ver}-hpc-devel
 BuildRequires:  suse-hpc
 %endif # hpc