diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index be52d9713..246ad3097 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,10 +53,18 @@ if (${NO_STATIC} AND ${NO_SHARED})
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Neither static nor shared are enabled.")
 endif ()
 
+set(DBLAS_OBJS "")
 foreach (BLAS_DIR ${BLASDIRS})
   add_subdirectory(${BLAS_DIR})
 endforeach ()
 
+# get obj vars into format that add_library likes: $<TARGET_OBJS:objlib> (see http://www.cmake.org/cmake/help/v3.0/command/add_library.html)
+set(TARGET_OBJS "")
+foreach (DBLAS_OBJ ${DBLAS_OBJS})
+  list(APPEND TARGET_OBJS "$<TARGET_OBJECTS:${DBLAS_OBJ}>")
+endforeach ()
+add_library(openblas ${TARGET_OBJS})
+
 #Save the config files for installation
 #	@cp Makefile.conf Makefile.conf_last
 #	@cp config.h config_last.h
diff --git a/cmake/utils.cmake b/cmake/utils.cmake
index a95695553..944e24cc4 100644
--- a/cmake/utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils.cmake
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ endfunction ()
 function(GenerateObjects sources_in defines_in all_defines_in)
   AllCombinations("${defines_in}")
   set(define_combos ${LIST_OUT})
+  set(OBJ_LIST_OUT "")
   foreach (source_file ${sources_in})
     foreach (def_combo ${define_combos})
 
@@ -81,7 +82,9 @@ function(GenerateObjects sources_in defines_in all_defines_in)
       if (cur_defines AND NOT "${cur_defines}" STREQUAL " ") # using space as the empty set
         set_target_properties(${obj_name} PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "${cur_defines}")
       endif ()
+      list(APPEND OBJ_LIST_OUT ${obj_name})
     endforeach ()
   endforeach ()
+  set(OBJ_LIST_OUT ${OBJ_LIST_OUT} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction ()
 
diff --git a/driver/level2/CMakeLists.txt b/driver/level2/CMakeLists.txt
index ff6faab90..1fbf7c729 100644
--- a/driver/level2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/driver/level2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ set_target_properties(DBLAS_TU PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "UNIT;TRANS")
 #  )
 #endif ()
 
-set(DBLAS_TARGETS DBLAS_NONE DBLAS_T DBLAS_L DBLAS_U DBLAS_TU)
-
-foreach (DBLAS_TARGET ${DBLAS_TARGETS})
-  set_target_properties(${DBLAS_TARGET} PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS DOUBLE)
-endforeach ()
+list(APPEND DBLAS_OBJS "DBLAS_NONE;DBLAS_T;DBLAS_L;DBLAS_U;DBLAS_TU")
+set(DBLAS_OBJS ${DBLAS_OBJS} PARENT_SCOPE) # list append removes the scope from DBLAS_OBJS
 
diff --git a/driver/level3/CMakeLists.txt b/driver/level3/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b5c18007..c6f008baa 100644
--- a/driver/level3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/driver/level3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,12 +27,18 @@ set(GEMM_DEFINES NN NT TN TT)
 foreach (GEMM_DEFINE ${GEMM_DEFINES})
   add_library(GEMM_${GEMM_DEFINE}_OBJS OBJECT gemm.c)
   set_target_properties(GEMM_${GEMM_DEFINE}_OBJS PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS ${GEMM_DEFINE})
+  list(APPEND DBLAS_OBJS GEMM_${GEMM_DEFINE}_OBJS)
 endforeach ()
 
+
 GenerateObjects("trmm_L.c;trmm_R.c;trsm_L.c;trsm_R.c" "TRANS;UPPER;UNIT" "DOUBLE")
+list(APPEND DBLAS_OBJS ${OBJ_LIST_OUT})
 GenerateObjects("symm_k.c" "LOWER;RSIDE" "NN;DOUBLE")
+list(APPEND DBLAS_OBJS ${OBJ_LIST_OUT})
 GenerateObjects("syrk_k.c;syr2k_k.c" "LOWER;TRANS" "DOUBLE")
+list(APPEND DBLAS_OBJS ${OBJ_LIST_OUT})
 GenerateObjects("syrk_kernel.c;syr2k_kernel.c" "LOWER" "DOUBLE")
+list(APPEND DBLAS_OBJS ${OBJ_LIST_OUT})
 
 #if (SMP)
 #
@@ -59,3 +65,6 @@ GenerateObjects("syrk_kernel.c;syr2k_kernel.c" "LOWER" "DOUBLE")
 #	   dgemm_thread_tn.c dgemm_thread_tt.c
 #endif
 #
+
+set(DBLAS_OBJS ${DBLAS_OBJS} PARENT_SCOPE) # list append removes the scope from DBLAS_OBJS
+
diff --git a/driver/others/CMakeLists.txt b/driver/others/CMakeLists.txt
index 57b551a75..10af485e9 100644
--- a/driver/others/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/driver/others/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ else ()
   set(MEMORY memory.c)
 endif ()
 
-add_library(COMMONOBJS OBJECT
+add_library(COMMON_OBJS OBJECT
   ${MEMORY}
   xerbla.c
   abs.c # TODO: this is split into c_abs (DOUBLE unset) and z_abs (DOUBLE set) in the Makefile
diff --git a/interface/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
index c38a73f84..c8ea1cad6 100644
--- a/interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,5 +41,8 @@ add_library(DBLAS3OBJS OBJECT
 
 # trmm is trsm with a compiler flag set
 add_library(TRMM_OBJ OBJECT trsm.c)
-set_target_properties(TRMM_OBJ PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS TRMM)
+set_target_properties(TRMM_OBJ PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "TRMM")
+
+list(APPEND DBLAS_OBJS "DBLAS1OBJS;AMAX_OBJ;AMIN_OBJ;MIN_OBJ;DBLAS2OBJS;DBLAS3OBJS;TRMM_OBJ")
+set(DBLAS_OBJS ${DBLAS_OBJS} PARENT_SCOPE) # list append removes the scope from DBLAS_OBJS