diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 669bff1533..d599a500c7 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -404,9 +404,11 @@ endif()
 
 if(PKG_MSCG OR PKG_ATC OR PKG_AWPMD OR PKG_ML-QUIP OR PKG_LATTE OR PKG_ELECTRODE)
   enable_language(C)
-  find_package(LAPACK)
-  find_package(BLAS)
-  if(NOT LAPACK_FOUND OR NOT BLAS_FOUND)
+  if (NOT USE_INTERNAL_LINALG)
+    find_package(LAPACK)
+    find_package(BLAS)
+  endif()
+  if(NOT LAPACK_FOUND OR NOT BLAS_FOUND OR USE_INTERNAL_LINALG)
     include(CheckGeneratorSupport)
     if(NOT CMAKE_GENERATOR_SUPPORT_FORTRAN)
       status(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot build internal linear algebra library as CMake build tool lacks Fortran support")
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/LATTE.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/LATTE.cmake
index a96e850f7e..d7793fa257 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/LATTE.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/LATTE.cmake
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ if(DOWNLOAD_LATTE)
   # CMake cannot pass BLAS or LAPACK library variable to external project if they are a list
   list(LENGTH BLAS_LIBRARIES} NUM_BLAS)
   list(LENGTH LAPACK_LIBRARIES NUM_LAPACK)
-  if((NUM_BLAS GREATER 1) OR (NUM_LAPACK GREATER 1))
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot compile downloaded LATTE library due to a technical limitation")
+  if((NUM_BLAS GREATER 1) OR (NUM_LAPACK GREATER 1) AND NOT USE_INTERNAL_LINALG)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot compile downloaded LATTE library due to a technical limitation. "
+                        "Try to configure LAMMPS with '-D USE_INTERNAL_LINALG=on' added as a workaround.")
   endif()
 
   include(ExternalProject)
diff --git a/doc/src/Build_extras.rst b/doc/src/Build_extras.rst
index 14d0e290aa..3dad393a52 100644
--- a/doc/src/Build_extras.rst
+++ b/doc/src/Build_extras.rst
@@ -788,8 +788,10 @@ library.
 
       .. code-block:: bash
 
-         -D DOWNLOAD_LATTE=value    # download LATTE for build, value = no (default) or yes
-         -D LATTE_LIBRARY=path      # LATTE library file (only needed if a custom location)
+         -D DOWNLOAD_LATTE=value      # download LATTE for build, value = no (default) or yes
+         -D LATTE_LIBRARY=path        # LATTE library file (only needed if a custom location)
+         -D USE_INTERNAL_LINALG=value # Use the internal linear algebra library instead of LAPACK
+                                      #   value = no (default) or yes
 
       If ``DOWNLOAD_LATTE`` is set, the LATTE library will be downloaded
       and built inside the CMake build directory.  If the LATTE library
@@ -797,6 +799,13 @@ library.
       ``LATTE_LIBRARY`` is the filename (plus path) of the LATTE library
       file, not the directory the library file is in.
 
+      The LATTE library requires LAPACK (and BLAS) and CMake can identify
+      their locations and pass that info to the LATTE build script. But
+      on some systems this triggers a (current) limitation of CMake and
+      the configuration will fail. Try enabling ``USE_INTERNAL_LINALG`` in
+      those cases to use the bundled linear algebra library and work around
+      the limitation.
+
    .. tab:: Traditional make
 
       You can download and build the LATTE library manually if you
@@ -1913,14 +1922,25 @@ within CMake will download the non-commercial use version.
 
       .. code-block:: bash
 
-         -D DOWNLOAD_QUIP=value   # download OpenKIM API v2 for build, value = no (default) or yes
-         -D QUIP_LIBRARY=path     # path to libquip.a (only needed if a custom location)
+         -D DOWNLOAD_QUIP=value       # download QUIP library for build, value = no (default) or yes
+         -D QUIP_LIBRARY=path         # path to libquip.a (only needed if a custom location)
+         -D USE_INTERNAL_LINALG=value # Use the internal linear algebra library instead of LAPACK
+                                      #   value = no (default) or yes
 
-      CMake will try to download and build the QUIP library from GitHub, if it is not
-      found on the local machine. This requires to have git installed. It will use the same compilers
-      and flags as used for compiling LAMMPS.  Currently this is only supported for the GNU and the
-      Intel compilers. Set the ``QUIP_LIBRARY`` variable if you want to use a previously compiled
-      and installed QUIP library and CMake cannot find it.
+      CMake will try to download and build the QUIP library from GitHub,
+      if it is not found on the local machine. This requires to have git
+      installed. It will use the same compilers and flags as used for
+      compiling LAMMPS.  Currently this is only supported for the GNU
+      and the Intel compilers. Set the ``QUIP_LIBRARY`` variable if you
+      want to use a previously compiled and installed QUIP library and
+      CMake cannot find it.
+
+      The QUIP library requires LAPACK (and BLAS) and CMake can identify
+      their locations and pass that info to the QUIP build script. But
+      on some systems this triggers a (current) limitation of CMake and
+      the configuration will fail. Try enabling ``USE_INTERNAL_LINALG`` in
+      those cases to use the bundled linear algebra library and work around
+      the limitation.
 
    .. tab:: Traditional make