diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c4888a4..1f4dace 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ option(ENABLE_SHARP "Enable SPHT support." ON)
 find_path(NETCDF_INCLUDE_PATH NAMES netcdf.h)
 find_path(NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH NAMES netcdfcpp.h netcdf)
 find_path(GSL_INCLUDE_PATH NAMES gsl/gsl_blas.h)
+find_library(NETCDFCPP_LIBRARY NAMES netcdf_c++ netcdf_c++4)
 
-IF(EXISTS ${NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH}/netcdf)
+IF(EXISTS ${NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH}/netcdf AND ${NETCDFCPP_LIBRARY} MATCHES "netcdf_c\\+\\+4")
   SET(FOUND_NETCDF4 1)
   FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/ctool_netcdf_ver.hpp "#define NETCDFCPP4 1")
-ELSE(EXISTS ${NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH}/netcdf)
+ELSE(EXISTS ${NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH}/netcdf AND ${NETCDFCPP_LIBRARY} MATCHES "netcdf_c\\+\\+4")
   SET(FOUND_NETCDF3 1)
   FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/ctool_netcdf_ver.hpp "#undef NETCDFCPP4")
-ENDIF(EXISTS ${NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH}/netcdf)
+ENDIF(EXISTS ${NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH}/netcdf AND ${NETCDFCPP_LIBRARY} MATCHES "netcdf_c\\+\\+4")
 
 find_library(NETCDF_LIBRARY netcdf)
-find_library(NETCDFCPP_LIBRARY NAMES netcdf_c++ netcdf_c++4)
 find_library(GSL_LIBRARY gsl)
 find_library(GSLCBLAS_LIBRARY gslcblas)