diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py
index ffa02c23e63..dfe1506d1c6 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py
@@ -170,6 +170,15 @@ def make_defs(self):
 
         return make_defs
 
+    @property
+    def headers(self):
+        # As in netlib-lapack, the only public headers for cblas and lapacke in
+        # openblas are cblas.h and lapacke.h. The remaining headers are private
+        # headers either included in one of these two headers, or included in
+        # one of the source files implementing functions declared in these
+        # headers.
+        return find_headers(['cblas', 'lapacke'], self.prefix.include)
+
     @property
     def build_targets(self):
         targets = ['libs', 'netlib']