diff --git a/cmake_modules/gitlab-ci-initial-cache.cmake b/cmake_modules/gitlab-ci-initial-cache.cmake
index 87cf140a8cf31dfc1fec203440e99057f20f3796..ce982e3039afab0492316f3c94cbb6b42823843a 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/gitlab-ci-initial-cache.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/gitlab-ci-initial-cache.cmake
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ option(MORSE_ENABLE_WARNING  "Enable warning messages"        ON)
 option(MORSE_ENABLE_COVERAGE "Enable flags for coverage test" ON)
 
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS ON CACHE BOOL "")
+
+set(BLA_VENDOR "Generic" CACHE STRING "Set to one of the BLAS/LAPACK Vendors to search for BLAS only from the specified vendor.")