diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hpl/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hpl/package.py
index 1985c242aea..b25dac4be4f 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hpl/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hpl/package.py
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ def configure_args(self):
             'CFLAGS=-O3'
         ]
 
+        if (self.spec.satisfies('^intel-mkl') or
+            self.spec.satisfies('^intel-parallel-studio+mkl')):
+            config.append('LDFLAGS={0}'.format(
+                self.spec['blas'].libs.ld_flags))
+
         return config
 
     @when('@:2.2')