diff --git a/dlib/cmake_find_blas.txt b/dlib/cmake_find_blas.txt
index 97f8f752b..681cffa40 100644
--- a/dlib/cmake_find_blas.txt
+++ b/dlib/cmake_find_blas.txt
@@ -29,12 +29,16 @@ if (UNIX)
     if (SIZE_OF_VOID_PTR EQUAL 8)
         set( mkl_search_path
             /opt/intel/mkl/*/lib/em64t
+            /opt/intel/mkl/lib/intel64
+            /opt/intel/lib/intel64
             )
 
         find_library(mkl_intel mkl_intel_lp64 ${mkl_search_path})
-	else()
+    else()
         set( mkl_search_path
             /opt/intel/mkl/*/lib/32
+            /opt/intel/mkl/lib/ia32
+            /opt/intel/lib/ia32
             )
 
         find_library(mkl_intel mkl_intel ${mkl_search_path})
@@ -45,21 +49,22 @@ if (UNIX)
    # Search for the needed libraries from the MKL
    find_library(mkl_core mkl_core ${mkl_search_path})
    find_library(mkl_thread mkl_intel_thread ${mkl_search_path})
-   find_library(mkl_io iomp5 ${mkl_search_path})
+   find_library(mkl_iomp iomp5 ${mkl_search_path})
 
    #MKL also needs pthreads so search for that as well
    find_library(mkl_pthread pthread ${mkl_search_path})
 
-   mark_as_advanced( mkl_intel mkl_core mkl_thread mkl_io mkl_pthread)
+   mark_as_advanced( mkl_intel mkl_core mkl_thread mkl_iomp mkl_pthread)
 
    
    # if we found the MKL 
    #if (mkl_mkl AND mkl_core AND mkl_guide AND mkl_pthread)
-   if (mkl_intel AND mkl_core AND mkl_thread AND mkl_io AND mkl_pthread)
-      set(blas_libraries ${mkl_intel} ${mkl_core} ${mkl_thread} ${mkl_io} ${mkl_pthread})
-      set(lapack_libraries ${mkl_intel} ${mkl_core} ${mkl_thread} ${mkl_io} ${mkl_pthread})
+   if (mkl_intel AND mkl_core AND mkl_thread AND mkl_iomp AND mkl_pthread)
+      set(blas_libraries ${mkl_intel} ${mkl_core} ${mkl_thread} ${mkl_iomp} ${mkl_pthread})
+      set(lapack_libraries ${mkl_intel} ${mkl_core} ${mkl_thread} ${mkl_iomp} ${mkl_pthread})
       set(blas_found 1)
       set(lapack_found 1)
+      set(found_intel_mkl 1)
       message(STATUS "Found Intel MKL BLAS/LAPACK library")
    endif()
 
@@ -117,8 +122,10 @@ if (UNIX)
 
    # Make sure we really found a CBLAS library.  That is, it needs to expose
    # the proper cblas link symbols.  So here we test if one of them is present
-   # and assume everything is good if it is.
-   if (blas_found)
+   # and assume everything is good if it is. Note that we don't do this check if
+   # we found the Intel MKL since for some reason CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS doesn't work
+   # with it.  But it's fine since the MKL should always have cblas.
+   if (blas_found AND NOT found_intel_mkl)
       INCLUDE (CheckFunctionExists)
       set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES ${blas_libraries})
       CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(cblas_ddot HAVE_CBLAS)