diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 7a9037fe..d130a511 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -128,6 +128,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build Rayleigh
       run: |
         cd "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-        ./configure --openblas --FC=mpifort --FFLAGS_DBG='-O0 -g -fbounds-check -ffpe-trap=invalid,zero,overflow -fbacktrace -ffixed-line-length-132 -Wall'
+        ./configure --openblas --with-blas=$CONDA_PREFIX --with-fftw=$CONDA_PREFIX --FC=mpifort --FFLAGS_DBG='-O0 -g -fbounds-check -ffpe-trap=invalid,zero,overflow -fbacktrace -ffixed-line-length-132 -Wall'
         make -j
         make install
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 0c52dd45..bc54cc3f 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -474,6 +474,25 @@ do
 
     esac
 done
+
+if [ "$USE_MKL" == "TRUE" ]
+  then
+    echo ""
+elif [[ ! -z $FFTWROOT  &&  ! -z $BLASROOT  &&  ! -z $LPROOT ]];
+  then
+    echo ""
+elif [[ ! -z $FFTWROOT  &&  ! -z $BLASROOT  &&  "$USEOPENBLAS" == "TRUE" ]]
+  then
+    echo ""
+else
+  echo "Configuration Error: One of the three combinations must be satisfied"
+  echo "   1)The location of MKL is specified."
+  echo "   2)The location of fftw, blas, and lapack is specified."
+  echo "   3)The location of fftw, blas, and openblas is specified."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
 echo ""
 echo " -----------------------------------------------------------------------------"
 VERSION_FILE="VERSION"