diff --git a/src/autodetection.c b/src/autodetection.c
index f96bc06..e4e121f 100644
--- a/src/autodetection.c
+++ b/src/autodetection.c
@@ -96,12 +96,6 @@ const char * autodetect_symbol_suffix(void * handle, const char * suffix_hint) {
  * incorrect `N` to cause it to change its return value based on how it is interpreting arugments.
  */
 int32_t autodetect_blas_interface(void * isamax_addr) {
-    if (env_lowercase_match("LBT_FORCE_INTERFACE", "ilp64")) {
-        return LBT_INTERFACE_ILP64;
-    }
-    if (env_lowercase_match("LBT_FORCE_INTERFACE", "lp64")) {
-        return LBT_INTERFACE_LP64;
-    }
     // Typecast to function pointer for easier usage below
     int64_t (*isamax)(int64_t *, float *, int64_t *) = isamax_addr;
 
@@ -145,19 +139,42 @@ int32_t autodetect_blas_interface(void * isamax_addr) {
     return LBT_INTERFACE_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
+
 /*
- * If this is an LAPACK library, we'll check interface type by invoking `dpotrf` with a
- * purposefully incorrect `lda` to cause it to store an error code that we can inspect
- * and determine if the internal pointer dereferences were 32-bit or 64-bit.
+ * Attempt to figure out the integer size based on the ilaver() LAPACK function.
  */
-int32_t autodetect_lapack_interface(void * dpotrf_addr) {
-    if (env_lowercase_match("LBT_FORCE_INTERFACE", "ilp64")) {
+int32_t autodetect_lapack_interface_ilaver(void * ilaver_addr) {
+    // Use the ilaver function to find the integer type since it will not
+    // print an error message or terminate the program when we are testing it.
+    void (*ilaver)(int64_t *, int64_t *, int64_t *) = ilaver_addr;
+
+    // Force all 64 bits to be set to 1
+    int64_t major = -1;
+    int64_t minor = -1;
+    int64_t patch = -1;
+
+    ilaver(&major, &minor, &patch);
+
+    if (major > 0) {
+        // The version number should be positive, so this means that the entire number was overwritten
+        // with the version number, so it stored 64-bits in a 64-bit slot.
         return LBT_INTERFACE_ILP64;
     }
-    if (env_lowercase_match("LBT_FORCE_INTERFACE", "lp64")) {
+    if (major < 0) {
+        // The version number should be positive, so this means that the upper bits of
+        // the integer weren't written to, leaving it a negative number. So it stored
+        // 32-bits in a 64-bit slot.
         return LBT_INTERFACE_LP64;
     }
-    // Typecast to function pointer for easier usage below
+
+    // We have no idea what happened
+    return LBT_INTERFACE_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Attempt to figure out the integer size based on the dpotrf() LAPACK function.
+ */
+int32_t autodetect_lapack_interface_dpotrf(void * dpotrf_addr) {
     void (*dpotrf)(char *, int64_t *, double *, int64_t *, int64_t *) = dpotrf_addr;
 
     // This `dpotrf` invocation should result in an error code stored into `info`
@@ -177,7 +194,8 @@ int32_t autodetect_lapack_interface(void * dpotrf_addr) {
         // This is what it looks like when a library stores a 32-bit value in a 64-bit slot.
         return LBT_INTERFACE_LP64;
     }
-    // We have no idea what happened; `info` isn't any of the options we thought it would be.
+
+    // We have no idea what happened
     return LBT_INTERFACE_UNKNOWN;
 }
 
@@ -186,8 +204,38 @@ int32_t autodetect_lapack_interface(void * dpotrf_addr) {
  * Returns the values "32", "64" or "0", denoting the bitwidth of the internal index representation.
  */
 int32_t autodetect_interface(void * handle, const char * suffix) {
+    if (env_lowercase_match("LBT_FORCE_INTERFACE", "ilp64")) {
+        return LBT_INTERFACE_ILP64;
+    }
+    if (env_lowercase_match("LBT_FORCE_INTERFACE", "lp64")) {
+        return LBT_INTERFACE_LP64;
+    }
+
     char symbol_name[MAX_SYMBOL_LEN];
 
+    /*
+     * The detection logic works as follows:
+     *   1) Invoke the ilaver function with a pointer to a 64-bit integer to see if the internal pointer
+     *      dereferences were 32-bit or 64-bit.
+     *          Requires LAPACK symbol ilaver()
+     *   2) Try giving a potentially-bad input (negative length) to the BLAS isamax() function and see what
+     *      it does.
+     *          Requires BLAS symbol isamax()
+     *   3) Invoke `dpotrf` with a purposefully incorrect `lda` to cause it to
+     *      store an error code that we can inspect and determine if the internal pointer
+     *      dereferences were 32-bit or 64-bit.
+     *          Requires LAPACK symbol dpotrf()
+     */
+
+    // Attempt LAPACK `ilaver()` test
+    // We test this first because this will not rely on possibly bad behavior in the library
+    // (e.g., it won't make an error condition that we then test).
+    build_symbol_name(symbol_name, "ilaver_", suffix);
+    void * ilaver = lookup_symbol(handle, symbol_name);
+    if (ilaver != NULL) {
+        return autodetect_lapack_interface_ilaver(ilaver);
+    }
+
     // Attempt BLAS `isamax()` test
     build_symbol_name(symbol_name, "isamax_", suffix);
     void * isamax = lookup_symbol(handle, symbol_name);
@@ -196,10 +244,13 @@ int32_t autodetect_interface(void * handle, const char * suffix) {
     }
 
     // Attempt LAPACK `dpotrf()` test
+    // This is last because some LAPACK libraries have a STOP call in their
+    // error handler, and also will print an error. So we want to avoid triggering
+    // those.
     build_symbol_name(symbol_name, "dpotrf_", suffix);
     void * dpotrf = lookup_symbol(handle, symbol_name);
-    if (dpotrf != NULL) {
-        return autodetect_lapack_interface(dpotrf);
+    if (ilaver != NULL || dpotrf != NULL) {
+        return autodetect_lapack_interface_dpotrf(dpotrf);
     }
 
     // Otherwise, this is probably not an LAPACK or BLAS library?!
@@ -244,7 +295,7 @@ int32_t autodetect_complex_return_style(void * handle, const char * suffix) {
      * First, check to see if `zdotc` zeros out the first argument if all arguments are zero.
      * Supposedly, most well-behaved implementations will return `0 + 0*I` if the length of
      * the inputs is zero; so if it is using a "return argument", that's a good way to find out.
-     * 
+     *
      * We detect this by setting `retval` to an initial value of `-1` typecast to a complex
      * value.  The floating-point values are unimportant as they will be written to, but if
      * it is interpreted as an `int{32,64}_t`, it will be a negative value (which is not
diff --git a/src/libblastrampoline_internal.h b/src/libblastrampoline_internal.h
index e6ca762..b5deef0 100644
--- a/src/libblastrampoline_internal.h
+++ b/src/libblastrampoline_internal.h
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ uint8_t env_match_bool(const char * env_name, uint8_t default_value);
 void build_symbol_name(char * out, const char *symbol_name, const char *suffix);
 const char * autodetect_symbol_suffix(void * handle, const char * suffix_hint);
 int32_t autodetect_blas_interface(void * isamax_addr);
-int32_t autodetect_lapack_interface(void * dpotrf_addr);
+int32_t autodetect_lapack_interface_dpotrf(void * dpotrf_addr);
+int32_t autodetect_lapack_interface_ilaver(void * ilaver_addr);
 int32_t autodetect_interface(void * handle, const char * suffix);
 int32_t autodetect_complex_return_style(void * handle, const char * suffix);
 int32_t autodetect_f2c(void * handle, const char * suffix);