diff --git a/netcdf-4.1.1-hdf5.patch b/netcdf-4.1.1-hdf5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c325d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netcdf-4.1.1-hdf5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -up netcdf-4.1.1/libsrc4/Makefile.in.hdf5 netcdf-4.1.1/libsrc4/Makefile.in
+--- netcdf-4.1.1/libsrc4/Makefile.in.hdf5	2010-04-19 09:44:45.333650779 -0600
++++ netcdf-4.1.1/libsrc4/Makefile.in	2010-04-19 09:44:45.338649501 -0600
+@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ clean-libLTLIBRARIES:
+ 	  rm -f "$${dir}/so_locations"; \
+ 	done
+ libnetcdf.la: $(libnetcdf_la_OBJECTS) $(libnetcdf_la_DEPENDENCIES) 
+-	$(libnetcdf_la_LINK) $(libnetcdf_la_OBJECTS) $(libnetcdf_la_LIBADD) $(LIBS)
++	$(libnetcdf_la_LINK) $(libnetcdf_la_OBJECTS) $(libnetcdf_la_LIBADD) -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5 $(LIBS)
+ 
+ clean-checkPROGRAMS:
+ 	@list='$(check_PROGRAMS)'; test -n "$$list" || exit 0; \
diff --git a/netcdf.spec b/netcdf.spec
index 389dc79..3a83cc5 100644
--- a/netcdf.spec
+++ b/netcdf.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           netcdf
 Version:        4.1.1
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Libraries for the Unidata network Common Data Form
 
 Group:          Applications/Engineering
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Source0:        http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/netcdf/ftp/netcdf-4.1.1.ta
 #Use pkgconfig in nc-config to avoid multi-lib issues
 Patch0:         netcdf-4.1-beta2-pkgconfig.patch
 Patch1:         netcdf-4.1.1-fflags.patch
+#Explicitly link libnetcdf.so agains -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5, reported upstream
+Patch2:         netcdf-4.1.1-hdf5.patch
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc-gfortran, gawk
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ This package contains the netCDF static libs.
 %setup -q
 %patch0 -p1 -b .pkgconfig
 %patch1 -p1 -b .fflags
+%patch2 -p1 -b .hdf5
 
 
 %build
@@ -158,6 +161,9 @@ fi
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 19 2010 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 4.1.1-3
+- Explicitly link libnetcdf.so against -lhdf5_hl -lhdf5
+
 * Fri Apr 9 2010 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 4.1.1-2
 - Add patch to cleanup nc-config --fflags