--- /usr/portage/dev-python/cvxopt/cvxopt-1.1.6.ebuild	2013-06-22 08:31:12.000000000 +1200
+++ /usr/portage/dev-python/cvxopt/cvxopt-1.1.6.ebuild	2014-01-14 13:34:38.546225723 +1300
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ 
 
 	pkg_lib blas
 	pkg_lib lapack
+
+	# Deal with blas/lapck libraries that are not in /usr/lib{64}
+	local lapackdir=\'$($(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --libs-only-L lapack | sed \
+			-e 's/^-L//' \
+			-e "s/ -L/\',\'/g" \
+			-e "s:[[:space:]]::g")\'
+	sed -i -e "s:BLAS_LIB_DIR = '':BLAS_LIB_DIR = ${lapackdir}:" setup.py || die
+
 	use_cvx gsl
 	use_cvx fftw
 	use_cvx glpk