diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt
index c27dc174c..5b46b79d5 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-blas/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,10 +84,17 @@ if (BLAS_FOUND)
         add_compile_definitions(GGML_BLAS_USE_OPENBLAS)
     endif()
 
+    # Vendors with the BLIS API take GGML_BLAS_USE_BLIS (blis.h, bli_thread_set_num_threads).
+    # AOCL also takes GGML_BLAS_USE_AOCL so its device label is AOCL-BLAS, not BLIS.
+    # Neither flag selects the linked library; FindBLAS does that from GGML_BLAS_VENDOR.
     if ("${GGML_BLAS_VENDOR}" MATCHES "FLAME" OR "${GGML_BLAS_VENDOR}" MATCHES "AOCL" OR "${GGML_BLAS_VENDOR}" MATCHES "AOCL_mt")
         add_compile_definitions(GGML_BLAS_USE_BLIS)
     endif()
 
+    if ("${GGML_BLAS_VENDOR}" MATCHES "AOCL" OR "${GGML_BLAS_VENDOR}" MATCHES "AOCL_mt")
+        add_compile_definitions(GGML_BLAS_USE_AOCL)
+    endif()
+
     if ("${GGML_BLAS_VENDOR}" MATCHES "NVPL")
         add_compile_definitions(GGML_BLAS_USE_NVPL)
     endif()
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-blas/ggml-blas.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-blas/ggml-blas.cpp
index e4b5bd254..6feb370bb 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-blas/ggml-blas.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-blas/ggml-blas.cpp
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ static const char * ggml_backend_blas_device_get_description(ggml_backend_dev_t
         return "Accelerate";
     #elif defined(GGML_BLAS_USE_MKL)
         return "MKL";
+    #elif defined(GGML_BLAS_USE_AOCL)
+        return "AOCL-BLAS";
     #elif defined(GGML_BLAS_USE_BLIS)
         return "BLIS";
     #elif defined(GGML_BLAS_USE_NVPL)