diff -Npru numpy-1.10.4.orig/numpy/distutils/system_info.py numpy-1.10.4/numpy/distutils/system_info.py
--- numpy-1.10.4.orig/numpy/distutils/system_info.py	2016-03-29 17:35:18.195045099 -0400
+++ numpy-1.10.4/numpy/distutils/system_info.py	2016-03-30 15:14:40.981853527 -0400
@@ -1688,9 +1688,10 @@ class blas_info(system_info):
             info['language'] = 'f77'  # XXX: is it generally true?
         else:
             lib = self.has_cblas(info)
+            # In openSUSE, both libblas.so and libcblas.so are needed.
             if lib is not None:
                 info['language'] = 'c'
-                info['libraries'] = [lib]
+                info['libraries'] = [lib,'blas']
                 info['define_macros'] = [('HAVE_CBLAS', None)]
         self.set_info(**info)
 
@@ -1720,18 +1721,19 @@ class blas_info(system_info):
                 # check we can link (find library)
                 # some systems have separate cblas and blas libs. First
                 # check for cblas lib, and if not present check for blas lib.
+                # In openSUSE, libcblas.so dose not contain symbols in libblas.so
                 try:
                     c.link_executable(obj, os.path.join(tmpdir, "a.out"),
-                                      libraries=["cblas"],
+                                      libraries=["blas"],
                                       library_dirs=info['library_dirs'],
                                       extra_postargs=info.get('extra_link_args', []))
-                    res = "cblas"
+                    res = "blas"
                 except distutils.ccompiler.LinkError:
                     c.link_executable(obj, os.path.join(tmpdir, "a.out"),
-                                      libraries=["blas"],
+                                      libraries=["cblas","blas"],
                                       library_dirs=info['library_dirs'],
                                       extra_postargs=info.get('extra_link_args', []))
-                    res = "blas"
+                    res = "cblas"
             except distutils.ccompiler.CompileError:
                 res = None
         finally: