diff --git a/vtk-6.0.0-netcdf.patch b/vtk-6.0.0-netcdf.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df0ef94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vtk-6.0.0-netcdf.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+diff -up VTK/IO/NetCDF/CMakeLists.txt.netcdf VTK/IO/NetCDF/CMakeLists.txt
+--- VTK/IO/NetCDF/CMakeLists.txt.netcdf	2013-01-28 14:44:35.000000000 -0700
++++ VTK/IO/NetCDF/CMakeLists.txt	2013-01-28 15:40:00.825176295 -0700
+@@ -10,5 +10,5 @@ set(Module_SRCS
+ 
+ vtk_module_library(vtkIONetCDF ${Module_SRCS})
+ 
+-target_link_libraries(vtkIONetCDF vtkNetCDF_cxx)
++target_link_libraries(vtkIONetCDF netcdf_c++ netcdf)
+ set_target_properties(vtkIONetCDF PROPERTIES LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES "")
+diff -up VTK/IO/ParallelNetCDF/CMakeLists.txt.netcdf VTK/IO/ParallelNetCDF/CMakeLists.txt
+--- VTK/IO/ParallelNetCDF/CMakeLists.txt.netcdf	2013-01-28 14:44:35.000000000 -0700
++++ VTK/IO/ParallelNetCDF/CMakeLists.txt	2013-01-28 15:40:00.825176295 -0700
+@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ set(Module_SRCS
+ 
+ vtk_module_library(vtkIOParallelNetCDF ${Module_SRCS})
+ 
+-target_link_libraries(vtkIOParallelNetCDF vtkNetCDF_cxx)
++target_link_libraries(vtkIOParallelNetCDF netcdf)
+diff -up VTK/ThirdParty/exodusII/vtkexodusII/CMakeLists.txt.netcdf VTK/ThirdParty/exodusII/vtkexodusII/CMakeLists.txt
+--- VTK/ThirdParty/exodusII/vtkexodusII/CMakeLists.txt.netcdf	2013-01-28 14:44:36.000000000 -0700
++++ VTK/ThirdParty/exodusII/vtkexodusII/CMakeLists.txt	2013-01-28 15:40:27.534030910 -0700
+@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ ENDIF(APPLE)
+ 
+ 
+ VTK_ADD_LIBRARY(vtkexoIIc ${cbind_SRCS})
+-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(vtkexoIIc vtkNetCDF)
++TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(vtkexoIIc netcdf)
+ 
+ #INCLUDE (${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/Dart.cmake)
+ 
+diff -up VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/CMakeLists.txt.netcdf VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/CMakeLists.txt
+--- VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/CMakeLists.txt.netcdf	2013-01-28 14:44:36.000000000 -0700
++++ VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/CMakeLists.txt	2013-01-28 15:40:00.825176295 -0700
+@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
+ set(vtknetcdf_THIRD_PARTY 1)
+-set(vtknetcdf_LIBRARIES vtkNetCDF vtkNetCDF_cxx)
+-set(vtknetcdf_INCLUDE_DIRS
+-  ${vtknetcdf_SOURCE_DIR}/vtknetcdf/include
+-  ${vtknetcdf_BINARY_DIR}/vtknetcdf
+-  )
++if(NOT VTK_USE_SYSTEM_NETCDF)
++  set(vtknetcdf_LIBRARIES vtkNetCDF vtkNetCDF_cxx)
++  set(vtknetcdf_INCLUDE_DIRS
++    ${vtknetcdf_SOURCE_DIR}/vtknetcdf/include
++    ${vtknetcdf_BINARY_DIR}/vtknetcdf
++    )
++  add_subdirectory(vtknetcdf)
++else(NOT VTK_USE_SYSTEM_NETCDF)
++  set(vtknetcdf_LIBRARIES netcdf)
++endif()
+ vtk_module_export_info()
+-add_subdirectory(vtknetcdf)
+diff -up VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/vtk_netcdfcpp.h.netcdf VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/vtk_netcdfcpp.h
+--- VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/vtk_netcdfcpp.h.netcdf	2013-01-28 14:44:36.000000000 -0700
++++ VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/vtk_netcdfcpp.h	2013-01-28 15:40:00.826176289 -0700
+@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
+ #define __vtk_netcdfcpp_h
+ 
+ /* Use the netcdf library configured for VTK.  */
+-#include <vtknetcdf/cxx/netcdfcpp.h>
++#include <netcdfcpp.h>
+ 
+ #endif
+diff -up VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/vtk_netcdf.h.netcdf VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/vtk_netcdf.h
+--- VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/vtk_netcdf.h.netcdf	2013-01-28 14:44:36.000000000 -0700
++++ VTK/ThirdParty/netcdf/vtk_netcdf.h	2013-01-28 15:40:00.826176289 -0700
+@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
+ #define __vtk_netcdf_h
+ 
+ /* Use the netcdf library configured for VTK.  */
+-#include <vtknetcdf/include/netcdf.h>
++#include <netcdf.h>
+ 
+ #endif
diff --git a/vtk.spec b/vtk.spec
index 525a308..6df18a0 100644
--- a/vtk.spec
+++ b/vtk.spec
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 Summary: The Visualization Toolkit - A high level 3D visualization library
 Name: vtk
 Version: 6.0.0
-Release: 9%{?dist}
+Release: 10%{?dist}
 # This is a variant BSD license, a cross between BSD and ZLIB.
 # For all intents, it has the same rights and restrictions as BSD.
 # http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Licensing/BSD#VTKBSDVariant
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ Patch0: vtk-6.0.0-system.patch
 Patch1: vtk-install.patch
 # Upsream patch to install vtkpython
 Patch2: vtk-vtkpython.patch
+#Patch to vtk to use system netcdf library
+Patch3: vtk-6.0.0-netcdf.patch
 
 URL: http://vtk.org/
 
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ BuildRequires: boost-devel
 BuildRequires: hdf5-devel
 BuildRequires: libtheora-devel
 BuildRequires: mysql-devel
+BuildRequires: netcdf-cxx-devel
 BuildRequires: postgresql-devel
 BuildRequires: R-devel
 BuildRequires: PyQt4-devel
@@ -172,6 +175,12 @@ programming languages.
 %patch0 -p1 -b .system
 %patch1 -p1 -b .install
 %patch2 -p1 -b .vtkpython
+%patch3 -p1 -b .netcdf
+# Remove included thirdparty sources just to be sure
+for x in expat freetype gl2ps hdf5 jpeg libxml2 netcdf oggtheora png sqlite tiff zlib
+do
+  rm -r ThirdParty/${x}/vtk${x}
+done
 
 # Replace relative path ../../../VTKData with %{_datadir}/vtkdata-%{version}
 # otherwise it will break on symlinks.
@@ -441,6 +450,9 @@ cp -pr --parents Wrapping/*/README* _docs/
 %doc vtk-examples/Examples
 
 %changelog
+* Fri Dec 27 2013 Orion Poplawski <orion@cora.nwra.com> - 6.0.0-10
+- Add patch to use system netcdf
+
 * Sun Dec 22 2013 Kevin Fenzi <kevin@scrye.com> 6.0.0-9
 - Add BuildRequires on blas-devel and lapack-devel