diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/blas/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/blas/default.nix
index 90cafbf53ce0..8bba49b45504 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/blas/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/blas/default.nix
@@ -136,5 +136,6 @@ EOF
   mkdir -p $out/nix-support
   echo 'export MKL_INTERFACE_LAYER=${lib.optionalString isILP64 "I"}LP64,GNU' > $out/nix-support/setup-hook
   ln -s $out/lib/libblas${canonicalExtension} $out/lib/libmkl_rt${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}
+  ln -sf ${blasProvider}/include/* $dev/include
 '');
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/lapack/default.nix b/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/lapack/default.nix
index 935150bdb7df..e260ad1bd931 100644
--- a/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/lapack/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/build-support/alternatives/lapack/default.nix
@@ -110,5 +110,6 @@ EOF
   mkdir -p $out/nix-support
   echo 'export MKL_INTERFACE_LAYER=${lib.optionalString isILP64 "I"}LP64,GNU' > $out/nix-support/setup-hook
   ln -s $out/lib/liblapack${canonicalExtension} $out/lib/libmkl_rt${stdenv.hostPlatform.extensions.sharedLibrary}
+  ln -sf ${lapackProvider}/include/* $dev/include
 '');
 }