diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py
index a47004a5246..6ddbae7f306 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ def libs(self):
         spec = self.spec
 
         # Look for openblas{symbol_suffix}
-        name = ["libopenblas", "openblas"]
+        name = self.libraries
         search_shared = bool(spec.variants["shared"].value)
         suffix = spec.variants["symbol_suffix"].value
         if suffix != "none":