diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index ef3cacd..618070e 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 REQUIREMENTS:
 - Fortran 2008 compiler: gfortran (4.8,4.9, 6.3 tested) or ifort (V.15 tested)
 - BLAS+LAPACK library
+- gcc >=4.6 needed
 
 modify the user settings for the Makefile.
 Best support is for gfortran.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e80735a..6081e6e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ PROG = ~/bin/xopt
 USE_GNU=yes
 #USE_PGI=no
 #USE_INTEL=yes
+#USE_CLANG=yes
 
 # static/dynamic
 DO_STATIC=yes
@@ -32,18 +33,17 @@ DO_STATIC=yes
 FFLAGS= -O2 
 
 ## set BLAS/LAPCK paths for optimized libraries
- OPENBLAS = /usr/qc/OpenBLAS/
- BLASLIB = -L$(OPENBLAS) -lopenblas -lpthread
+ OPENBLAS = /usr/qc/OpenBLAS.0.3_AVX/lib
+ MKLROOT = ${HOME}/miniconda3/
 
-# MKLROOT = ${HOME}/miniconda3/
-# BLASLIB =  -L${MKLROOT}/lib/ -Wl,--no-as-needed -lmkl_rt -lpthread -lm -ldl  # for 'new' single-dynamic MKL
-# BLASLIB  = -mkl=parallel                                   # for ifort
 
 ###        examples      ###
+#  BLASLIB =  -L${MKLROOT}/lib/ -Wl,--no-as-needed -lmkl_rt -lpthread -lm -ldl  # for 'new' single-dynamic MKL
 #  BLASLIB  = -L/local/intel_mkl -<see intel link advisor>    # MKL explicit
-#  BLASLIB  = /local/openblas_lib/lib/ -lopenblas             # OpenBLAS (may need -lpthread)
+   BLASLIB  = -L${OPENBLAS}/ -lopenblas -lpthread            # OpenBLAS (may need -lpthread)
 #  BLASLIB  = -L/usr/lib64 -llapack -lblas                    # native blas
 #  BLASLIB  = -mkl=parallel                                   # for ifort
+#  BLASLIB =  -L$(OPENBLAS) -lopenblas -lpthread -lm -ldl -lgfortran  # clang+openblas may need explicit linking
 
 ### EXTRALIBS (dftd3,gcp,lbfgs)
 # set to "yes" after building them.
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ endif
 
 ##### GFORTRAN #########
 ifeq ($(USE_GNU),yes)
-FC = gfortran 
+FC = gfortran  
 DFLAGS+= -DGNU
 FFLAGS+= -J$(MOD) -ffree-line-length-none
 LIBS+= $(BLASLIB)
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ LIBS+= $(BLASLIB)
   endif
 endif
 
+##### CLANG #########
+ifeq ($(USE_CLANG),yes)
+FC = clang
+DFLAGS+= -DCLANG
+FFLAGS+= -J$(MOD) -ffree-line-length-none
+LIBS+= $(BLASLIB)
+  ifeq ($(DO_STATIC),yes)
+   FC+= -static 
+  endif
+endif
 
 ##### PGI FORTRAN #############
 # PLEASE ADAPT THIS YOURSELF
diff --git a/src/modules.F90 b/src/modules.F90
index 5814a0d..73960dc 100644
--- a/src/modules.F90
+++ b/src/modules.F90
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ module fiso
 #ifdef GNU
  use, intrinsic :: iso_fortran_env, only : &
      stdin=> input_unit, stdout=>output_unit,stderr=>error_unit, & ! I/O units, replaces non-def 0,5,6
-!     r8=> REAL64, r4=>REAL32
       i8=>INT64,i4=>INT32               , & 
       compiler_version                            ! nerdy info
 ! IEEE 754
@@ -12,6 +11,21 @@ module fiso
  integer, parameter :: qp = SELECTED_REAL_KIND(33,4931)
 
  integer, parameter :: io_debug=1111
+#elif GNU_LEGACY # 4.5
+ integer, parameter :: r4 = SELECTED_REAL_KIND(6,37)
+ integer, parameter :: r8 = SELECTED_REAL_KIND(15,307)
+ integer, parameter :: qp = SELECTED_REAL_KIND(33,4931)
+ integer, parameter :: io_debug=1111
+ integer, parameter :: i4 = selected_int_kind(4)
+ integer, parameter :: i8 = selected_int_kind(8)
+ integer, parameter :: stdin =0
+ integer, parameter :: stdout =6
+ integer, parameter :: stderr= 5
+ contains
+ character(7) function compiler_version()
+ implicit none
+  compiler_version='legacy gnu'
+ end function
 #else 
 ! for cases that do not have yet compiler_version like ifort 15 
   use, intrinsic :: iso_fortran_env, only : &