diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 9591dbb..14218be 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ matrix:
     - os: linux
       python: 2.7
       compiler: gcc
-      env: SOURCES=ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+      env: SOURCES=ubuntu-toolchain-r-test TEST_SCRIPT=test.py 
       addons:
         apt:
           sources:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ matrix:
     - os: linux
       python: 3.5
       compiler: gcc
-      env: SOURCES=ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+      env: SOURCES=ubuntu-toolchain-r-test TEST_SCRIPT=test.py
       addons:
         apt:
           sources:
@@ -53,6 +53,44 @@ matrix:
               # boost
             - libboost-all-dev
 
+    - os: linux
+      python: 2.7
+      compiler: gcc
+      env: SOURCES=ubuntu-toolchain-r-test TEST_SCRIPT=test_openblas.py 
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+             # compilers
+            - g++
+            - gfortran
+            - cmake
+              # math libraries, can not mix with lapack/atlas packages !
+            - libblas-dev
+            - libopenblas-dev
+            # python libraries ...
+            - libpython2.7
+
+    - os: linux
+      python: 3.5
+      compiler: gcc
+      env: SOURCES=ubuntu-toolchain-r-test TEST_SCRIPT=test_openblas.py 
+      addons:
+        apt:
+          sources:
+            - ubuntu-toolchain-r-test
+          packages:
+             # compilers
+            - g++
+            - gfortran
+            - cmake
+              # math libraries, can not mix with lapack/atlas packages !
+            - libblas-dev
+            - libopenblas-dev
+            # python libraries 
+            #- libpython2.7
+
     - os: osx
       osx_image: xcode6.4
       compiler: gcc
@@ -79,7 +117,7 @@ script:
   - pep8 --ignore E501,E265 autocmake
     # unit tests
   - py.test -vv autocmake/*
-  - py.test -vv test/test.py
+  - py.test -vv test/$TEST_SCRIPT
 
 notifications:
   email: false
diff --git a/modules/math/openblas.cmake b/modules/math/openblas.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98ebd3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/math/openblas.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+#.rst:
+#
+# Find and link to OpenBLAS.
+#
+# Variables defined::
+#
+#   OpenBLAS_FOUND
+#   OpenBLAS_LIB
+#   OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR
+#
+# autocmake.yml configuration::
+#
+#   docopt: "--openblas Find and link to OpenBLAS [default: False]."
+#   define: "'-DENABLE_OPENBLAS={0}'.format(arguments['--openblas'])"
+
+option(ENABLE_OPENBLAS "Find and link to OpenBLAS" OFF)
+
+if (ENABLE_OPENBLAS)
+SET(Open_BLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS
+  /usr/include
+  /usr/include/openblas
+  /usr/include/openblas-base
+  /usr/local/include
+  /usr/local/include/openblas
+  /usr/local/include/openblas-base
+  /opt/OpenBLAS/include
+  $ENV{OpenBLAS_HOME}
+  $ENV{OpenBLAS_HOME}/include
+)
+
+SET(Open_BLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS
+        /lib/
+        /lib/openblas-base
+        /lib64/
+        /usr/lib
+        /usr/lib/openblas-base
+        /usr/lib64
+        /usr/local/lib
+        /usr/local/lib64
+        /opt/OpenBLAS/lib
+        $ENV{OpenBLAS}cd
+        $ENV{OpenBLAS}/lib
+        $ENV{OpenBLAS_HOME}
+        $ENV{OpenBLAS_HOME}/lib
+ )
+
+FIND_PATH(OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES cblas.h PATHS ${Open_BLAS_INCLUDE_SEARCH_PATHS})
+FIND_LIBRARY(OpenBLAS_LIB NAMES openblas PATHS ${Open_BLAS_LIB_SEARCH_PATHS})
+
+SET(OpenBLAS_FOUND ON)
+
+#    Check include files
+IF(NOT OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR)
+    SET(OpenBLAS_FOUND OFF)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Could not find OpenBLAS include. Turning OpenBLAS_FOUND off")
+ENDIF()
+
+#    Check libraries
+IF(NOT OpenBLAS_LIB)
+    SET(OpenBLAS_FOUND OFF)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Could not find OpenBLAS lib. Turning OpenBLAS_FOUND off")
+ENDIF()
+
+IF (OpenBLAS_FOUND)
+  IF (NOT OpenBLAS_FIND_QUIETLY)
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found OpenBLAS libraries: ${OpenBLAS_LIB}")
+    MESSAGE(STATUS "Found OpenBLAS include: ${OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+  ENDIF (NOT OpenBLAS_FIND_QUIETLY)
+ELSE (OpenBLAS_FOUND)
+  IF (OpenBLAS_FIND_REQUIRED)
+    MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find OpenBLAS")
+  ENDIF (OpenBLAS_FIND_REQUIRED)
+ENDIF (OpenBLAS_FOUND)
+
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(
+    OpenBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR
+    OpenBLAS_LIB
+    OpenBLAS
+)
+endif()
diff --git a/test/fc_blas/cmake/autocmake.yml b/test/fc_blas/cmake/autocmake.yml
index 0ed452b..a8eadbc 100644
--- a/test/fc_blas/cmake/autocmake.yml
+++ b/test/fc_blas/cmake/autocmake.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,10 @@ min_cmake_version: 2.8
 modules:
 - fc:
   - source: ../../../modules/fc.cmake
-- math:
+- math1:
   - source: ../../../modules/math/blas.cmake
+- math2:
+  - source: ../../../modules/math/openblas.cmake
 - default_build_paths:
   - source: ../../../modules/default_build_paths.cmake
 - src:
diff --git a/test/fc_blas/src/CMakeLists.txt b/test/fc_blas/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 682fdba..6ebea0e 100644
--- a/test/fc_blas/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/fc_blas/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
+if (ENABLE_BLAS)
 if(BLAS_FOUND)
     add_executable(example example.f90)
     target_link_libraries(example ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
 else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "BLAS library not found")
 endif()
+endif()
+
+if (ENABLE_OPENBLAS)
+if(OpenBLAS_FOUND)
+    add_executable(example example.f90)
+    target_link_libraries(example ${OpenBLAS_LIB})
+else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "OpenBLAS library not found")
+endif()
+endif()
diff --git a/test/test_openblas.py b/test/test_openblas.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b23c321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_openblas.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+import os
+import sys
+import subprocess
+import shlex
+import shutil
+import sys
+import time
+import datetime
+import pytest
+
+HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
+
+skip_on_osx = pytest.mark.skipif('sys.platform == "darwin"', reason="not working on osx")
+skip_on_linux = pytest.mark.skipif('sys.platform == "linux2"', reason="not working on linux")
+skip_always = pytest.mark.skipif('1 == 1', reason="tests are broken")
+
+
+def exe(command):
+    """
+    Executes command and returns string representations of stdout and stderr captured from the console.
+    When universal_newlines=True stdout and stderr are opened in text mode.
+    Otherwise, they are opened in binary mode. In that case captured stdout and stderr
+    are not strings and Python 3 throws type error when compared against strings later in tests.
+    Note:
+    This feature is only available if Python is built with universal newline support (the default).
+    Also, the newlines attribute of the file objects stdout, stdin and stderr are not updated by the
+    communicate() method.
+    See https://docs.python.org/2/library/subprocess.html
+    """
+    stdout, stderr = subprocess.Popen(shlex.split(command),
+                                      stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                      stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                      universal_newlines=True).communicate()
+
+    if stderr:
+        sys.stderr.write(stdout)
+        sys.stderr.write(stderr)
+
+    return stdout, stderr
+
+
+def configure_build_and_exe(name, setup_command, launcher=None):
+
+    stamp = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(time.time()).strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M-%S')
+
+    os.chdir(os.path.join(HERE, name, 'cmake'))
+    shutil.copy(os.path.join('..', '..', '..', 'update.py'), 'update.py')
+
+    if os.path.exists('autocmake'):
+        shutil.rmtree('autocmake')
+    shutil.copytree(os.path.join('..', '..', '..', 'autocmake'), 'autocmake')
+
+    stdout, stderr = exe('python update.py ..')
+    os.chdir(os.path.join(HERE, name))
+
+    make_command = 'make'
+    binary = './bin/example'
+    if sys.platform == 'win32':
+        setup_command += ' --generator="MinGW Makefiles"'
+        make_command = 'mingw32-make'
+        binary = 'bin\\\example.exe'
+
+    if launcher:
+        binary = '%s %s' % (launcher, binary)
+
+    setup_command += ' build-%s' % stamp
+
+    stdout, stderr = exe(setup_command)
+    assert stderr == ''
+
+    os.chdir(os.path.join(HERE, name, 'build-%s' % stamp))
+
+    stdout, stderr = exe(make_command)
+    # we do not check for empty stderr due to warnings flushed to stderr
+
+    stdout, stderr = exe(binary)
+    assert stderr == ''
+
+    assert 'PASSED' in stdout
+
+
+def test_fc():
+    configure_build_and_exe('fc', 'python setup --fc=gfortran')
+
+
+def test_fc_blas():
+    configure_build_and_exe('fc_blas', 'python setup --fc=gfortran --blas')
+
+
+@skip_on_osx
+def test_fc_openblas():
+    configure_build_and_exe('fc_blas', 'python setup --fc=gfortran --openblas')