diff --git a/SuperBuild/CMake/External_netcdf.cmake b/SuperBuild/CMake/External_netcdf.cmake
index 01d7a82d0c23bfa0dbea1696a4e2c79b01ef8955..0b14bee1b9eb5ac2ea43ca2ef0e2618a71f3aac1 100644
--- a/SuperBuild/CMake/External_netcdf.cmake
+++ b/SuperBuild/CMake/External_netcdf.cmake
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ SETUP_SUPERBUILD(NETCDF)
 # declare dependencies
 ADDTO_DEPENDENCIES_IF_NOT_SYSTEM(NETCDF HDF5 ZLIB CURL HDF4 JPEG)
 
-set(NETCDF_SB_CONFIG)
+set(NETCDF_SB_CONFIG ${NETCDF_SB_CONFIG} -DHDF5_C_LIBRARY:PATH=${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/libhdf5.so
+ -DHDF5_HL_LIBRARY:PATH=${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/libhdf5_hl.so -DHDF5_INCLUDE_DIR:PATH=${SB_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include)
 
 ExternalProject_Add(NETCDF
   PREFIX NETCDF