diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f99cc6274..2fa3170415 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -219,8 +219,7 @@ if(BUILD_OMP)
   set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
 endif()
 
-
-if(PKG_MSCG OR PKG_USER-ATC OR PKG_USER-AWPMD OR PKG_USER-PLUMED OR PKG_USER-QUIP OR PKG_LATTE)
+if(PKG_MSCG OR PKG_USER-ATC OR PKG_USER-AWPMD OR PKG_USER-QUIP OR PKG_LATTE)
   find_package(LAPACK)
   find_package(BLAS)
   if(NOT LAPACK_FOUND OR NOT BLAS_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake
index 500558fc72..f71d59901d 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@ if(PKG_USER-PLUMED)
   validate_option(PLUMED_MODE PLUMED_MODE_VALUES)
   string(TOUPPER ${PLUMED_MODE} PLUMED_MODE)
 
+  if((PLUMED_MODE STREQUAL "STATIC") AND NOT LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
+    find_package(LAPACK REQUIRED)
+    find_package(BLAS REQUIRED)
+    list(APPEND LAPACK_LIBRARIES ${BLAS_LIBRARIES})
+  endif()
+
   find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
   set(DOWNLOAD_PLUMED_DEFAULT ON)
   if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)