diff --git a/driver/others/init.c b/driver/others/init.c
index cc3145a623..cd10e8d369 100644
--- a/driver/others/init.c
+++ b/driver/others/init.c
@@ -823,6 +823,8 @@ void gotoblas_affinity_init(void) {
 
   if (numprocs == 0) numprocs = readenv_atoi("OMP_NUM_THREADS");
 
+  if (numprocs == 0) numprocs = readenv_atoi("OPENBLAS_DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS");
+
   numnodes = 1;
 
   if (numprocs == 1) {
diff --git a/driver/others/openblas_env.c b/driver/others/openblas_env.c
index ef91a08e6e..35b2270d44 100644
--- a/driver/others/openblas_env.c
+++ b/driver/others/openblas_env.c
@@ -67,10 +67,16 @@ void openblas_read_env() {
   openblas_env_thread_timeout=(unsigned int)ret;
 
   ret=0;
-  if (readenv(p,"OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS")) ret = atoi(p);
+  if (readenv(p,"OPENBLAS_DEFAULT_NUM_THREADS")) ret = atoi(p);
   if(ret<0) ret=0;
   openblas_env_openblas_num_threads=ret;
 
+  ret=0;
+  if (readenv(p,"OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS")) ret = atoi(p);
+  if(ret<0) ret=0;
+  if(ret != 0 || openblas_env_openblas_num_threads == 0)
+    openblas_env_openblas_num_threads=ret;
+
   ret=0;
   if (readenv(p,"GOTO_NUM_THREADS")) ret = atoi(p);
   if(ret<0) ret=0;