diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 3caaec4046..6ec1bbf2e4 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -1132,6 +1132,9 @@ dist_patch_DATA =						\
   %D%/packages/patches/mtools-mformat-uninitialized.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/mumble-1.2.19-abs.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/mumps-build-parallelism.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/mumps-shared-libseq.patch		\
+  %D%/packages/patches/mumps-shared-mumps.patch			\
+  %D%/packages/patches/mumps-shared-pord.patch			\
   %D%/packages/patches/mupen64plus-ui-console-notice.patch	\
   %D%/packages/patches/mupen64plus-video-z64-glew-correct-path.patch    \
   %D%/packages/patches/mutt-store-references.patch		\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/maths.scm b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
index ee633e32f8..06b34e2b89 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/maths.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/maths.scm
@@ -2180,7 +2180,10 @@ (define-public mumps
        (sha256
         (base32
          "0jklh54x4y3ik1zkw6db7766kakjm5910diyaghfxxf8vwsgr26r"))
-       (patches (search-patches "mumps-build-parallelism.patch"))))
+       (patches (search-patches "mumps-build-parallelism.patch"
+                                "mumps-shared-libseq.patch"
+                                "mumps-shared-mumps.patch"
+                                "mumps-shared-pord.patch"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (inputs
      `(("fortran" ,gfortran)
@@ -2210,15 +2213,17 @@ (define-public mumps
 FC           = gfortran
 FL           = gfortran
 INCSEQ       = -I$(topdir)/libseq
-LIBSEQ       = -L$(topdir)/libseq -lmpiseq
+LIBSEQ       = $(topdir)/libseq/libmpiseq.a
 LIBSEQNEEDED = libseqneeded~;
 CC           = mpicc
 FC           = mpifort
 FL           = mpifort~]
 AR           = ar vr # rules require trailing space, ugh...
 RANLIB       = ranlib
-LIBBLAS      = -L~a -lopenblas~@[
-SCALAP       = -L~a -lscalapack~]
+BLASDIR      = ~a
+LIBBLAS      = -Wl,-rpath=$(BLASDIR) -Wl,-rpath='$$ORIGIN' -L$(BLASDIR) -lopenblas~@[
+SCALAPDIR    = ~a
+SCALAP       = -Wl,-rpath=$(SCALAPDIR) -Wl,-rpath='$$ORIGIN' -L$(SCALAPDIR) -lscalapack~]
 LIBOTHERS    = -pthread
 CDEFS        = -DAdd_
 PIC          = -fPIC
@@ -2229,18 +2234,18 @@ (define-public mumps
 LIBS         = $(SCALAP) $(LIBSEQ)
 LPORDDIR     = $(topdir)/PORD/lib
 IPORD        = -I$(topdir)/PORD/include
-LPORD        = -L$(LPORDDIR) -lpord
+LPORD        = $(LPORDDIR)/libpord.a
 ORDERINGSF   = -Dpord~@[
 METISDIR     = ~a
 IMETIS       = -I$(METISDIR)/include
-LMETIS       = -L$(METISDIR)/lib -lmetis
+LMETIS       = -Wl,-rpath $(METISDIR)/lib -L$(METISDIR)/lib -lmetis
 ORDERINGSF  += -Dmetis~]~@[~:{
 SCOTCHDIR    = ~a
 ISCOTCH      = -I$(SCOTCHDIR)/include
-LSCOTCH      = -L$(SCOTCHDIR)/lib ~a-lesmumps -lscotch -lscotcherr
+LSCOTCH      = -Wl,-rpath $(SCOTCHDIR)/lib -L$(SCOTCHDIR)/lib ~a-lesmumps -lscotch -lscotcherr
 ORDERINGSF  += ~a~}~]
 ORDERINGSC   = $(ORDERINGSF)
-LORDERINGS   = $(LPORD) $(LMETIS) $(LSCOTCH)
+LORDERINGS   = $(LPORD) $(LMETIS) $(LSCOTCH) $(LIBSEQ)
 IORDERINGSF  = $(ISCOTCH)
 IORDERINGSC  = $(IPORD) $(IMETIS) $(ISCOTCH)"
                         (assoc-ref inputs "mpi")
@@ -2294,6 +2299,8 @@ (define-public mumps
                (copy-recursively "include" (string-append out "/include"))
                (when (file-exists? "libseq/libmpiseq.a")
                  (install-file "libseq/libmpiseq.a" libdir))
+               (when (file-exists? "libseq/libmpiseq.so")
+                 (install-file "libseq/libmpiseq.so" libdir))
                #t))))))
     (home-page "http://mumps.enseeiht.fr")
     (synopsis "Multifrontal sparse direct solver")
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/mumps-shared-libseq.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/mumps-shared-libseq.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..feafcf123b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/mumps-shared-libseq.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Create a shared version of the sequential library, MUST BE LAST IN SERIES
+
+Index: mumps/libseq/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- mumps.orig/libseq/Makefile
++++ mumps/libseq/Makefile
+@@ -8,15 +8,17 @@ all: libmpiseq
+ 
+ include ../Makefile.inc
+ 
+-libmpiseq: libmpiseq$(PLAT)$(LIBEXT)
++libmpiseq: libmpiseq$(PLAT).a libmpiseq$(PLAT).so
+ 
+-libmpiseq$(PLAT)$(LIBEXT): mpi.o mpic.o elapse.o
+-	$(AR)$@ mpi.o mpic.o elapse.o
++libmpiseq$(PLAT).a: mpi.o mpic.o elapse.o
++	$(AR) $@ mpi.o mpic.o elapse.o
+ 	$(RANLIB) $@
++libmpiseq$(PLAT).so: mpi.o mpic.o elapse.o
++	$(FC) -shared $^ -Wl,-soname,libmpiseq$(PLAT)-5.1.2.so -o libmpiseq$(PLAT)-5.1.2.so -Wl,-z,defs
+ .f.o:
+-	$(FC) $(OPTF)              -c $*.f $(OUTF)$*.o
++	$(FC) $(OPTF)              -fPIC -c $*.f $(OUTF)$*.o
+ .c.o:
+-	$(CC) $(OPTC) $(CDEFS) -I. -c $*.c $(OUTC)$*.o
++	$(CC) $(OPTC) $(CDEFS) -I. -fPIC -c $*.c $(OUTC)$*.o
+ 
+ clean:
+-	$(RM) *.o *$(LIBEXT)
++	$(RM) *.o *.a *.so
+Index: mumps/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- mumps.orig/Makefile
++++ mumps/Makefile
+@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ requiredobj: Makefile.inc $(LIBSEQNEEDED
+ 
+ libseqneeded:
+ 	(cd libseq; $(MAKE))
++	cp libseq/lib* $(libdir)
+ 
+ # Build the libpord.a library and copy it into $(topdir)/lib
+ $(libdir)/libpord$(PLAT).a:
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/mumps-shared-mumps.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/mumps-shared-mumps.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e2491f300
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/mumps-shared-mumps.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+Create a shared version of the MUMPS library.
+
+Index: mumps/src/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- mumps.orig/src/Makefile
++++ mumps/src/Makefile
+@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@ z:
+ 
+ include $(topdir)/Makefile.inc
+ 
+-mumps_lib:    $(libdir)/libmumps_common$(PLAT)$(LIBEXT) \
+-              $(libdir)/lib$(ARITH)mumps$(PLAT)$(LIBEXT)
++mumps_lib:    $(libdir)/libmumps_common$(PLAT).a \
++              $(libdir)/libmumps_common$(PLAT).so \
++              $(libdir)/lib$(ARITH)mumps$(PLAT).a \
++              $(libdir)/lib$(ARITH)mumps$(PLAT).so
+ 
+ OBJS_COMMON_MOD = \
+         lr_common.o \
+@@ -167,14 +169,22 @@ OBJS_OTHER = \
+         $(ARITH)tools.o\
+         $(ARITH)type3_root.o
+ 
+-$(libdir)/libmumps_common$(PLAT)$(LIBEXT):      $(OBJS_COMMON_MOD) $(OBJS_COMMON_OTHER)
+-	$(AR)$@ $?
++$(libdir)/libmumps_common$(PLAT).a:      $(OBJS_COMMON_MOD) $(OBJS_COMMON_OTHER)
++	$(AR) $@ $?
+ 	$(RANLIB) $@
+ 
+-$(libdir)/lib$(ARITH)mumps$(PLAT)$(LIBEXT):    $(OBJS_MOD) $(OBJS_OTHER)
+-	$(AR)$@ $?
++$(libdir)/libmumps_common$(PLAT).so:      $(OBJS_COMMON_MOD) $(OBJS_COMMON_OTHER)
++	$(FC) -shared $^ -Wl,-soname,libmumps_common$(PLAT)-5.1.2.so -L$(libdir) $(LORDERINGS) -lpthread $(MPIFLIB) $(MPICLIB) $(LEXTRAS) -o $(libdir)/libmumps_common$(PLAT)-5.1.2.so -Wl,-z,defs
++	ln -s libmumps_common$(PLAT)-5.1.2.so $@
++
++$(libdir)/lib$(ARITH)mumps$(PLAT).a:    $(OBJS_MOD) $(OBJS_OTHER)
++	$(AR) $@ $?
+ 	$(RANLIB) $@
+ 
++$(libdir)/lib$(ARITH)mumps$(PLAT).so:    $(OBJS_MOD) $(OBJS_OTHER)
++	$(FC) -shared $^ -Wl,-soname,lib$(ARITH)mumps$(PLAT)-5.1.2.so -L$(libdir) -lmumps_common$(PLAT) $(LORDERINGS) $(MPIFLIB) $(LEXTRAS) $(LIBBLAS) $(SCALAP) $(LAPACK) -o $(libdir)/lib$(ARITH)mumps$(PLAT)-5.1.2.so -Wl,-z,defs
++	ln -s lib$(ARITH)mumps$(PLAT)-5.1.2.so $@
++
+ # Dependencies between modules:
+ $(ARITH)mumps_load.o:		$(ARITH)mumps_comm_buffer.o \
+ 				$(ARITH)mumps_struc_def.o \
+@@ -290,13 +300,13 @@ $(OBJS_OTHER):$(OBJS_COMMON_MOD) $(OBJS_
+ 
+ .SUFFIXES: .c .F .o
+ .F.o:
+-	$(FC) $(OPTF) $(INCS) $(IORDERINGSF) $(ORDERINGSF) -I. -I../include -c $*.F $(OUTF)$*.o
++	$(FC) $(OPTF) $(INCS) $(IORDERINGSF) $(ORDERINGSF) -I. -I../include -fPIC -c $*.F $(OUTF)$*.o
+ .c.o:
+-	$(CC) $(OPTC) $(INCS) -I../include $(CDEFS) $(IORDERINGSC) $(ORDERINGSC) -c $*.c $(OUTC)$*.o
++	$(CC) $(OPTC) $(INCS) -I../include $(CDEFS) $(IORDERINGSC) $(ORDERINGSC) -fPIC -c $*.c $(OUTC)$*.o
+ 
+ $(ARITH)mumps_c.o:	mumps_c.c
+ 	$(CC) $(OPTC) $(INCS) $(CDEFS) -DMUMPS_ARITH=MUMPS_ARITH_$(ARITH) \
+-	      $(IORDERINGSC) $(ORDERINGSC) -I../include -c mumps_c.c $(OUTC)$@
++	      $(IORDERINGSC) $(ORDERINGSC) -I../include -fPIC -c mumps_c.c $(OUTC)$@
+ 
+ 
+ clean:
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/mumps-shared-pord.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/mumps-shared-pord.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..48062d4f89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/mumps-shared-pord.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+Create static and shared versions of the PORD library.
+
+Index: mumps/PORD/lib/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- mumps.orig/PORD/lib/Makefile
++++ mumps/PORD/lib/Makefile
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ 
+ INCLUDES = -I../include
+ 
+-COPTIONS = $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) $(OPTFLAGS)
++COPTIONS = $(INCLUDES) $(CFLAGS) $(OPTFLAGS) -fPIC
+ 
+ OBJS = graph.o gbipart.o gbisect.o ddcreate.o ddbisect.o nestdiss.o \
+        multisector.o gelim.o bucket.o tree.o \
+@@ -24,12 +24,16 @@ OBJS = graph.o gbipart.o gbisect.o ddcre
+ .c.o:
+ 	$(CC) $(COPTIONS) -c $*.c $(OUTC)$*.o
+ 
+-libpord$(LIBEXT):$(OBJS)
+-	$(AR)$@ $(OBJS)
++libpord$(PLAT).a:$(OBJS)
++	$(AR) $@ $(OBJS)
+ 	$(RANLIB) $@
+ 
++libpord$(PLAT).so: $(OBJS)
++	$(CC) -shared $(OBJS) -Wl,-soname,libpord$(PLAT)-5.1.2.so -o libpord$(PLAT)-5.1.2.so -Wl,-z,defs
++	ln -s libpord$(PLAT)-5.1.2.so $@
++
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f *.o
+ 
+ realclean:
+-	rm -f *.o libpord.a
++	rm -f *.o libpord*.a *.so
+Index: mumps/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- mumps.orig/Makefile
++++ mumps/Makefile
+@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ dexamples:	d
+ multi_example:	s d c z
+ 	(cd examples ; $(MAKE) multi)
+ 
+-requiredobj: Makefile.inc $(LIBSEQNEEDED) $(libdir)/libpord$(PLAT)$(LIBEXT)
++requiredobj: Makefile.inc $(LIBSEQNEEDED) $(libdir)/libpord$(PLAT).a $(libdir)/libpord$(PLAT).so
+ 
+ # dummy MPI library (sequential version)
+ 
+@@ -62,19 +62,25 @@ libseqneeded:
+ 	(cd libseq; $(MAKE))
+ 
+ # Build the libpord.a library and copy it into $(topdir)/lib
+-$(libdir)/libpord$(PLAT)$(LIBEXT):
++$(libdir)/libpord$(PLAT).a:
+ 	if [ "$(LPORDDIR)" != "" ] ; then \
+ 	  cd $(LPORDDIR); \
+ 	  $(MAKE) CC="$(CC)" CFLAGS="$(OPTC)" AR="$(AR)" RANLIB="$(RANLIB)" OUTC="$(OUTC)" LIBEXT=$(LIBEXT); \
+ 	fi;
+ 	if [ "$(LPORDDIR)" != "" ] ; then \
+-	  cp $(LPORDDIR)/libpord$(LIBEXT) $@; \
++	  cp $(LPORDDIR)/libpord$(PLAT).a $@; \
+ 	fi;
+ 
++$(libdir)/libpord$(PLAT).so:
++	if [ "$(LPORDDIR)" != "" ] ; then \
++	cd $(LPORDDIR); make CC="$(CC)" CFLAGS="$(OPTC)" AR="$(AR)" ARFUNCT= RANLIB="$(RANLIB)" libpord$(PLAT).so; fi;
++	if [ "$(LPORDDIR)" != "" ] ; then \
++	cp -a $(LPORDDIR)/libpord*.so lib/; fi;
++
+ clean:
+ 	(cd src; $(MAKE) clean)
+ 	(cd examples; $(MAKE) clean)
+-	(cd $(libdir); $(RM) *$(PLAT)$(LIBEXT))
++	(cd $(libdir); $(RM) *$(PLAT).a *$(PLAT).so)
+ 	(cd libseq; $(MAKE) clean)
+ 	if [ "$(LPORDDIR)" != "" ] ; then \
+ 	  cd $(LPORDDIR); $(MAKE) realclean; \