diff --git a/driver/others/openblas_env.c b/driver/others/openblas_env.c
index 64ece9515..df0b57763 100644
--- a/driver/others/openblas_env.c
+++ b/driver/others/openblas_env.c
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ static int openblas_env_block_factor=0;
 static int openblas_env_openblas_num_threads=0;
 static int openblas_env_goto_num_threads=0;
 static int openblas_env_omp_num_threads=0;
+static int openblas_env_omp_places_threads=0;
 
 int openblas_verbose() { return openblas_env_verbose;}
 unsigned int openblas_thread_timeout() { return openblas_env_thread_timeout;}
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ int openblas_block_factor() { return openblas_env_block_factor;}
 int openblas_num_threads_env() { return openblas_env_openblas_num_threads;}
 int openblas_goto_num_threads_env() { return openblas_env_goto_num_threads;}
 int openblas_omp_num_threads_env() { return openblas_env_omp_num_threads;}
+int openblas_omp_places_threads_env() { return openblas_env_omp_places_threads;}
 
 void openblas_read_env() {
   int ret=0;
@@ -79,6 +81,11 @@ void openblas_read_env() {
   if(ret<0) ret=0;
   openblas_env_omp_num_threads=ret;
 
+  ret=0;
+  if (readenv(p,"OMP_PLACES")) ret = !strncasecmp(p,"threads",7);
+  if(ret<0) ret=0;
+  openblas_env_omp_places_threads=ret;
+
 }