diff --git a/frame/include/bli_macro_defs.h b/frame/include/bli_macro_defs.h
index d99be2345..a332554cc 100644
--- a/frame/include/bli_macro_defs.h
+++ b/frame/include/bli_macro_defs.h
@@ -64,6 +64,20 @@
 #endif
 
 
+// -- BLIS Thread Local Storage Keyword --
+
+// __thread for TLS is supported by GCC, CLANG, ICC, and IBMC.
+// There is a small risk here as __GNUC__ can also be defined by some other
+// compiler (other than ICC and CLANG which we know define it) that
+// doesn't support __thread, as __GNUC__ is not quite unique to GCC.
+// But the possibility of someone using such non-main-stream compiler
+// for building BLIS is low.
+#if defined(__GNUC__) || defined(__clang__) || defined(__ICC) || defined(__IBMC__)
+  #define BLIS_THREAD_LOCAL __thread
+#else
+  #define BLIS_THREAD_LOCAL
+#endif
+
 // -- Boolean values --
 
 #ifndef TRUE
diff --git a/frame/ind/bli_l3_ind.c b/frame/ind/bli_l3_ind.c
index 0bf624a1e..7347ec796 100644
--- a/frame/ind/bli_l3_ind.c
+++ b/frame/ind/bli_l3_ind.c
@@ -60,7 +60,11 @@ static void* bli_l3_ind_oper_fp[BLIS_NUM_IND_METHODS][BLIS_NUM_LEVEL3_OPS] =
 //
 // NOTE: "2" is used instead of BLIS_NUM_FP_TYPES/2.
 //
-static bool_t bli_l3_ind_oper_st[BLIS_NUM_IND_METHODS][BLIS_NUM_LEVEL3_OPS][2] = 
+// BLIS provides APIs to modify this state during runtime. So, one application thread
+// can modify the state, before another starts the corresponding BLIS operation.
+// This is solved by making the induced method status array local to threads.
+
+static BLIS_THREAD_LOCAL bool_t bli_l3_ind_oper_st[BLIS_NUM_IND_METHODS][BLIS_NUM_LEVEL3_OPS][2] = 
 {
         /*   gemm   hemm   herk   her2k  symm   syrk,  syr2k  trmm3  trmm   trsm  */
         /*    c     z    */