diff --git a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
index 46ca03bec40db73110ee138d26a51cf44fa074bb..70d46a7f77b62904e8bc6df06da6bf4fa74a8d6a 100644
--- a/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
+++ b/lib/spack/llnl/util/filesystem.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
            'force_remove', 'join_path', 'ancestor', 'can_access', 'filter_file',
            'FileFilter', 'change_sed_delimiter', 'is_exe', 'force_symlink',
            'set_executable', 'copy_mode', 'unset_executable_mode',
-           'remove_dead_links', 'remove_linked_tree', 'fix_darwin_install_name']
+           'remove_dead_links', 'remove_linked_tree', 'find_library_path',
+           'fix_darwin_install_name']
 
 import os
 import glob
@@ -395,6 +396,7 @@ def remove_linked_tree(path):
         else:
             shutil.rmtree(path, True)
 
+
 def fix_darwin_install_name(path):
     """
     Fix install name of dynamic libraries on Darwin to have full path.
@@ -420,3 +422,17 @@ def fix_darwin_install_name(path):
                 if dep == os.path.basename(loc):
                     subprocess.Popen(["install_name_tool", "-change",dep,loc,lib], stdout=subprocess.PIPE).communicate()[0]
                     break
+
+
+def find_library_path(libname, *paths):
+    """Searches for a file called <libname> in each path.
+
+    Return:
+      directory where the library was found, if found.  None otherwise.
+
+    """
+    for path in paths:
+        library = join_path(path, libname)
+        if os.path.exists(library):
+            return path
+    return None
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py b/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
index 119a255a349896820f17627d7ac9cffad692286a..640db0c1d1603b2f094634d526dfe3d0f5f42998 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/build_environment.py
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@
 SPACK_DEBUG_LOG_DIR    = 'SPACK_DEBUG_LOG_DIR'
 
 
+# Platform-specific library suffix.
+dso_suffix = 'dylib' if sys.platform == 'darwin' else 'so'
+
+
+
 class MakeExecutable(Executable):
     """Special callable executable object for make so the user can
        specify parallel or not on a per-invocation basis.  Using
@@ -246,6 +251,9 @@ def set_module_variables_for_package(pkg, module):
     # a Prefix object.
     m.prefix  = pkg.prefix
 
+    # Platform-specific library suffix.
+    m.dso_suffix = dso_suffix
+
 
 def get_rpaths(pkg):
     """Get a list of all the rpaths for a package."""
diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/package.py b/lib/spack/spack/package.py
index 9dcfbee66162f217f37011e72ab9fdcf0df42431..4065553131859d19f4a4e8da17dd29b019370cc3 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/package.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/package.py
@@ -929,6 +929,9 @@ def build_process():
                      install(env_path, env_install_path)
                      dump_packages(self.spec, packages_dir)
 
+                # Run post install hooks before build stage is removed.
+                spack.hooks.post_install(self)
+
             # Stop timer.
             self._total_time = time.time() - start_time
             build_time = self._total_time - self._fetch_time
@@ -957,9 +960,6 @@ def build_process():
         # the database, so that we don't need to re-read from file.
         spack.installed_db.add(self.spec, self.prefix)
 
-        # Once everything else is done, run post install hooks
-        spack.hooks.post_install(self)
-
 
     def sanity_check_prefix(self):
         """This function checks whether install succeeded."""
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netlib-lapack/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netlib-lapack/package.py
index c4b7ce3b048f2f54ea077a67dfa9c3db5a9cbcbb..05436332ac5df62cb764d174f90b9c61ab63cb6d 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netlib-lapack/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/netlib-lapack/package.py
@@ -31,8 +31,16 @@ class NetlibLapack(Package):
     depends_on('cmake')
     depends_on('blas', when='+external-blas')
 
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        cmake_args = ['-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=%s' % ('ON' if '+shared' in spec else 'OFF'),
+
+    def patch(self):
+        # Fix cblas CMakeLists.txt -- has wrong case for subdirectory name.
+        filter_file('${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/CMAKE/',
+                    '${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/', 'CBLAS/CMakeLists.txt', string=True)
+
+
+    def install_one(self, spec, prefix, shared):
+        cmake_args = ['-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=%s' % ('ON' if shared else 'OFF'),
+                      '-DCBLAS=ON', # always build CBLAS
                       '-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=%s' % ('Debug' if '+debug' in spec else 'Release'),
                       '-DLAPACKE:BOOL=%s' % ('ON' if '+lapacke' in spec else 'OFF')]
         if '+external-blas' in spec:
@@ -45,7 +53,33 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
 
         cmake_args.extend(std_cmake_args)
 
-        with working_dir('spack-build', create=True):
+        build_dir = 'spack-build' + ('-shared' if shared else '-static')
+        with working_dir(build_dir, create=True):
             cmake('..', *cmake_args)
             make()
             make("install")
+
+
+    def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        # Always build static libraries.
+        self.install_one(spec, prefix, False)
+
+        # Build shared libraries if requested.
+        if '+shared' in spec:
+            self.install_one(spec, prefix, True)
+
+
+    def setup_dependent_package(self, module, dspec):
+        # This is WIP for a prototype interface for virtual packages.
+        # We can update this as more builds start depending on BLAS/LAPACK.
+        libdir = find_library_path('libblas.a', self.prefix.lib64, self.prefix.lib)
+
+        self.spec.blas_static_lib   = join_path(libdir, 'libblas.a')
+        self.spec.lapack_static_lib = join_path(libdir, 'liblapack.a')
+
+        if '+shared' in self.spec:
+            self.spec.blas_shared_lib   = join_path(libdir, 'libblas.%s' % dso_suffix)
+            self.spec.lapack_shared_lib = join_path(libdir, 'liblapack.%s' % dso_suffix)
+
+
+
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py
index 1d10f217c45caaeed3823730a83a97553b916f0b..4ec829a85b0726e07f56c2a0a5088a63376befbd 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/openblas/package.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from spack import *
 import sys
+import os
 
 class Openblas(Package):
     """OpenBLAS: An optimized BLAS library"""
@@ -10,29 +11,60 @@ class Openblas(Package):
     version('0.2.16', 'fef46ab92463bdbb1479dcec594ef6dc')
     version('0.2.15', 'b1190f3d3471685f17cfd1ec1d252ac9')
 
+    variant('shared', default=True, description="Build shared libraries as well as static libs.")
+
     # virtual dependency
     provides('blas')
     provides('lapack')
 
+
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        extra=[]
+        make_defs = ['CC=%s' % spack_cc,
+                     'FC=%s' % spack_fc]
+
+        make_targets = ['libs', 'netlib']
+
+        # Build shared if variant is set.
+        if '+shared' in spec:
+            make_targets += ['shared']
+        else:
+            make_defs += ['NO_SHARED=1']
+
+        # fix missing _dggsvd_ and _sggsvd_
         if spec.satisfies('@0.2.16'):
-            extra.extend([
-                'BUILD_LAPACK_DEPRECATED=1' # fix missing _dggsvd_ and _sggsvd_
-            ])
+            make_defs += ['BUILD_LAPACK_DEPRECATED=1']
+
+        make_args = make_defs + make_targets
+        make(*make_args)
 
-        make('libs', 'netlib', 'shared', 'CC=cc', 'FC=f77',*extra)
-        make("tests")
-        make('install', "PREFIX='%s'" % prefix)
+        make("tests", *make_defs)
+
+        # no quotes around prefix (spack doesn't use a shell)
+        make('install', "PREFIX=%s" % prefix, *make_defs)
 
-        lib_dsuffix = 'dylib' if sys.platform == 'darwin' else 'so'
         # Blas virtual package should provide blas.a and libblas.a
         with working_dir(prefix.lib):
             symlink('libopenblas.a', 'blas.a')
             symlink('libopenblas.a', 'libblas.a')
-            symlink('libopenblas.%s' % lib_dsuffix, 'libblas.%s' % lib_dsuffix)
+            if '+shared' in spec:
+                symlink('libopenblas.%s' % dso_suffix, 'libblas.%s' % dso_suffix)
 
         # Lapack virtual package should provide liblapack.a
         with working_dir(prefix.lib):
             symlink('libopenblas.a', 'liblapack.a')
-            symlink('libopenblas.%s' % lib_dsuffix, 'liblapack.%s' % lib_dsuffix)
+            if '+shared' in spec:
+                symlink('libopenblas.%s' % dso_suffix, 'liblapack.%s' % dso_suffix)
+
+
+    def setup_dependent_package(self, module, dspec):
+        # This is WIP for a prototype interface for virtual packages.
+        # We can update this as more builds start depending on BLAS/LAPACK.
+        libdir = find_library_path('libopenblas.a', self.prefix.lib64, self.prefix.lib)
+
+        self.spec.blas_static_lib   = join_path(libdir, 'libopenblas.a')
+        self.spec.lapack_static_lib = self.spec.blas_static_lib
+
+        if '+shared' in self.spec:
+            self.spec.blas_shared_lib   = join_path(libdir, 'libopenblas.%s' % dso_suffix)
+            self.spec.lapack_shared_lib = self.spec.blas_shared_lib
+
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-scipy/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-scipy/package.py
index c2161c90c430086e50e64b4639eddde33b74338f..4d47c641eec94da389b5851fef666e180c33ec7c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-scipy/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-scipy/package.py
@@ -11,9 +11,15 @@ class PyScipy(Package):
 
     extends('python')
     depends_on('py-nose')
-    depends_on('py-numpy')
-    depends_on('blas')
-    depends_on('lapack')
+    depends_on('py-numpy+blas+lapack')
 
     def install(self, spec, prefix):
+        if 'atlas' in spec:
+            # libatlas.so actually isn't always installed, but this
+            # seems to make the build autodetect things correctly.
+            env['ATLAS'] = join_path(spec['atlas'].prefix.lib, 'libatlas.' + dso_suffix)
+        else:
+            env['BLAS']   = spec['blas'].blas_shared_lib
+            env['LAPACK'] = spec['lapack'].lapack_shared_lib
+
         python('setup.py', 'install', '--prefix=%s' % prefix)