diff --git a/Makefile.install b/Makefile.install
index e7d129cce..2b00db4be 100644
--- a/Makefile.install
+++ b/Makefile.install
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ endif
 
 	@echo Generating $(LIBSONAMEBASE)$(SUFFIX64).pc in "$(DESTDIR)$(OPENBLAS_PKGCONFIG_DIR)"
 	@echo 'libdir='$(OPENBLAS_LIBRARY_DIR) > "$(PKGFILE)"
-	@echo 'libprefix='$(LIBPREFIX) >> "$(PKGFILE)"
+	@echo 'libprefix='$(LIBNAMEPREFIX) >> "$(PKGFILE)"
 	@echo 'libnamesuffix='$(LIBNAMESUFFIX) >> "$(PKGFILE)"
 	@echo 'libsuffix='$(SYMBOLSUFFIX) >> "$(PKGFILE)"
 	@echo 'includedir='$(OPENBLAS_INCLUDE_DIR) >> "$(PKGFILE)"
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ endif
 ifneq ($(NO_SHARED),1)
 #ifeq logical or
 ifeq ($(OSNAME), $(filter $(OSNAME),Linux FreeBSD NetBSD OpenBSD DragonFly))
-	@echo "SET(OpenBLAS_LIBRARIES ${OPENBLAS_LIBRARY_DIR}/$(LIBPREFIX)$(LIBSONAMEBASE)$(LIBNAMESUFFIX).so)" >> "$(DESTDIR)$(OPENBLAS_CMAKE_DIR)/$(OPENBLAS_CMAKE_CONFIG)"
+	@echo "SET(OpenBLAS_LIBRARIES ${OPENBLAS_LIBRARY_DIR}/$(LIBPREFIX)$(LIBNAMESUFFIX).so)" >> "$(DESTDIR)$(OPENBLAS_CMAKE_DIR)/$(OPENBLAS_CMAKE_CONFIG)"
 endif
 ifeq ($(OSNAME), $(filter $(OSNAME),WINNT CYGWIN_NT))
 	@echo "SET(OpenBLAS_LIBRARIES ${OPENBLAS_BINARY_DIR}/$(LIBDLLNAME))" >> "$(DESTDIR)$(OPENBLAS_CMAKE_DIR)/$(OPENBLAS_CMAKE_CONFIG)"
diff --git a/Makefile.rule b/Makefile.rule
index 8dbf5eab6..02ec739fd 100644
--- a/Makefile.rule
+++ b/Makefile.rule
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 # This library's version
 VERSION = 0.3.26.dev
 
+# If you set this prefix, the library name will be lib$(LIBNAMESUFFIX)openblas.a
+# and lib$(LIBNAMESUFFIX)openblas.so, with a matching soname in the shared library
+# 
+# LIBNAMEPREFIX = scipy
+
 # If you set the suffix, the library name will be libopenblas_$(LIBNAMESUFFIX).a
 # and libopenblas_$(LIBNAMESUFFIX).so. Meanwhile, the soname in shared library
 # is libopenblas_$(LIBNAMESUFFIX).so.0.
diff --git a/Makefile.system b/Makefile.system
index 49bd1cbed..233663ef9 100644
--- a/Makefile.system
+++ b/Makefile.system
@@ -1516,6 +1516,10 @@ ifndef LIBSONAMEBASE
 LIBSONAMEBASE = openblas
 endif
 
+ifndef LIBNAMEPREFIX
+LIBNAMEPREFIX =
+endif
+
 ifndef LIBNAMESUFFIX
 LIBNAMEBASE = $(SYMBOLPREFIX)$(LIBSONAMEBASE)$(SYMBOLSUFFIX)
 else
@@ -1523,9 +1527,9 @@ LIBNAMEBASE = $(SYMBOLPREFIX)$(LIBSONAMEBASE)$(SYMBOLSUFFIX)_$(LIBNAMESUFFIX)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(OSNAME), CYGWIN_NT)
-LIBPREFIX = cyg$(LIBNAMEBASE)
+LIBPREFIX = cyg$(LIBNAMEPREFIX)$(LIBNAMEBASE)
 else
-LIBPREFIX = lib$(LIBNAMEBASE)
+LIBPREFIX = lib$(LIBNAMEPREFIX)$(LIBNAMEBASE)
 endif
 
 KERNELDIR	= $(TOPDIR)/kernel/$(ARCH)
@@ -1705,8 +1709,8 @@ endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(FIXED_LIBNAME),1)
-	LIBNAME = $(LIBPREFIX)$(LIBSONAMEBASE)$(LIBNAMESUFFIX).$(LIBSUFFIX)
-	LIBNAME_P = $(LIBPREFIX)$(LISOBNAMEBASE)$(LIBNAMESUFFIX)_p.$(LIBSUFFIX)
+	LIBNAME = lib$(LIBNAMEPREFIX)$(LIBSONAMEBASE)$(LIBNAMESUFFIX).$(LIBSUFFIX)
+	LIBNAME_P = lib$(LIBNAMEPREFIX)$(LISOBNAMEBASE)$(LIBNAMESUFFIX)_p.$(LIBSUFFIX)
 endif
 
 LIBDLLNAME   = $(LIBPREFIX).dll