diff --git a/cmake/AmiciFindBLAS.cmake b/cmake/AmiciFindBLAS.cmake
index 51d9c9b257..e0553b81c5 100644
--- a/cmake/AmiciFindBLAS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/AmiciFindBLAS.cmake
@@ -12,18 +12,33 @@ set_property(CACHE BLAS PROPERTY STRINGS "CBLAS" "MKL" "ACCELERATE")
 
 if(${BLAS} STREQUAL "MKL" OR DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT})
   if(DEFINED ENV{MKLROOT})
-    # This is set by Environment Modules
-    message(STATUS "Using MKL_INCDIR and MKL_LIB from environment module")
     set(BLAS
         "MKL"
         CACHE STRING "BLAS library to use" FORCE)
-    set(BLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS
-        "$ENV{MKL_INCDIR}"
-        CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
-    set(BLAS_LIBRARIES
-        "$ENV{MKL_LIB}"
-        CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+
+    # Was MKLROOT set by /opt/intel/oneapi/setvars.sh? then cmake will find it
+    message(STATUS "Trying to find BLAS based on MKLROOT=$ENV{MKLROOT}")
+    # give the user the option to override the BLA_VENDOR
+    if(NOT DEFINED BLA_VENDOR)
+      set(BLA_VENDOR Intel10_64lp)
+    endif()
+    message(STATUS "Trying FindBLAS with BLA_VENDOR=${BLA_VENDOR}")
+    find_package(BLAS)
+    if(BLAS_FOUND)
+      message(STATUS "Found BLAS via FindBLAS and MKLROOT")
+    else()
+      # This is set by Environment Modules and might not be compatible with
+      # FindBLAS
+      message(STATUS "Using MKL_INCDIR and MKL_LIB from environment module")
+      set(BLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS
+          "$ENV{MKL_INCDIR}"
+          CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+      set(BLAS_LIBRARIES
+          "$ENV{MKL_LIB}"
+          CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
+    endif()
   else()
+    message(STATUS "BLAS is set to MKL, but MKLROOT is not set.")
     set(BLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS
         ""
         CACHE STRING "")
@@ -42,6 +57,7 @@ elseif(
 
   if(APPLE AND (NOT DEFINED BLA_VENDOR OR BLA_VENDOR STREQUAL "All"))
     set(BLA_VENDOR Apple)
+    message(STATUS "Trying FindBLAS with BLA_VENDOR=${BLA_VENDOR}")
     find_package(BLAS)
     if(BLAS_FOUND)
       message(STATUS "Found Apple Accelerate BLAS")
@@ -59,6 +75,7 @@ elseif(
 
   endif()
   if(NOT BLAS_FOUND)
+    message(STATUS "Trying FindBLAS with BLA_VENDOR=${BLA_VENDOR}")
     find_package(BLAS)
     if(BLAS_FOUND)
       message(STATUS "Found BLAS via FindBLAS")
@@ -79,17 +96,17 @@ endif()
 # Create an imported target
 if(NOT TARGET BLAS::BLAS)
   add_library(BLAS INTERFACE)
-  set_target_properties(BLAS PROPERTIES
-    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${BLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
-    INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${BLAS_LIBRARIES}")
+  set_target_properties(
+    BLAS PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${BLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+                    INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${BLAS_LIBRARIES}")
   add_library(BLAS::BLAS ALIAS BLAS)
   if("${PROJECT_NAME}" STREQUAL "amici")
-      install(TARGETS BLAS EXPORT BLAS)
-      export(EXPORT BLAS NAMESPACE BLAS::)
-      install(
-        EXPORT BLAS
-        DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/Amici"
-        NAMESPACE BLAS::)
+    install(TARGETS BLAS EXPORT BLAS)
+    export(EXPORT BLAS NAMESPACE BLAS::)
+    install(
+      EXPORT BLAS
+      DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/Amici"
+      NAMESPACE BLAS::)
   endif()
 
   # legacy python package environment variables:
diff --git a/cmake/cmakelang-tools.cmake b/cmake/cmakelang-tools.cmake
index ad489500bc..5796938d2c 100644
--- a/cmake/cmakelang-tools.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cmakelang-tools.cmake
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ set(ALL_CMAKE_FILES
     tests/cpp/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
     ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/cmakelang-tools.cmake
     ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/clang-tools.cmake
+    ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/AmiciFindBLAS.cmake
     ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}/version.cmake)
+
 list(JOIN ALL_CMAKE_FILES " " ALL_CMAKE_FILES)
 
 # --- cmake-format ---