diff --git a/mex/build/octave/mex.am b/mex/build/octave/mex.am
index 443e31d0bfc21d15350b6cedad9998413a74d9f7..f11827ec68df8b0763174c01789596beaf95dbe8 100644
--- a/mex/build/octave/mex.am
+++ b/mex/build/octave/mex.am
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ LDFLAGS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p LDFLAGS)
 
 LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p OCTAVE_LIBS)
 LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p BLAS_LIBS)
+LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p LAPACK_LIBS)
 LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p FFTW_LIBS)
 LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p LIBS)
 LIBS += $(shell $(MKOCTFILE) -p FLIBS)