diff --git a/ogscm/recipes/ogs.py b/ogscm/recipes/ogs.py
index 92eb2303df18d995f7a46b81c6c47ada4756fde7..87f0cced90e9b5a89f4938388bee31a77b850234 100644
--- a/ogscm/recipes/ogs.py
+++ b/ogscm/recipes/ogs.py
@@ -529,9 +529,10 @@ if local_args.ogs != "clean":
                 "--CXXFLAGS='-O3'",
                 "--FFLAGS='-O3'",
                 "--with-debugging=no",
-                "--download-f2cblaslapack=1",
             ]
             petsc_configure_opts.extend(petsc_args)
+            if "--download-f2cblaslapack" not in local_args.petsc_configure_args:
+                petsc_configure_opts.extend(["--download-f2cblaslapack=1",])
             Stage0 += generic_autotools(
                 configure_opts=petsc_configure_opts,
                 devel_environment={"CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH": "/usr/local/petsc"},