diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index faaa590..0ee0351 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,17 @@ option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries." OFF)
 option(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS "Build static libraries." 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)
 
+IF(EXISTS ${NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH}/netcdf)
+  FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/ctool_netcdf_ver.hpp "#define NETCDFCPP4 1")
+ELSE(EXISTS ${NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH}/netcdf)
+  FILE(WRITE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src/ctool_netcdf_ver.hpp "#undef NETCDFCPP4")
+ENDIF(EXISTS ${NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH}/netcdf)
+
 find_library(NETCDF_LIBRARY netcdf)
-find_library(NETCDFCPP_LIBRARY netcdf_c++)
+find_library(NETCDFCPP_LIBRARY NAMES netcdf_c++ netcdf_c++4)
 find_library(GSL_LIBRARY gsl)
 find_library(GSLCBLAS_LIBRARY gslcblas)
 
diff --git a/sample/CMakeLists.txt b/sample/CMakeLists.txt
index aa4091a..1b3a602 100644
--- a/sample/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sample/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-SET(tolink ${GSL_LIBRARIES} CosmoTool)
+SET(tolink ${GSL_LIBRARIES} CosmoTool ${CosmoTool_LIBS})
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src ${NETCDF_INCLUDE_PATH} ${GSL_INCLUDE_PATH})
 
 add_executable(testBQueue testBQueue.cpp)
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ add_executable(testAlgo testAlgo.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(testAlgo ${tolink})
 
 add_executable(testBSP testBSP.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(testBSP ${tolink})
\ No newline at end of file
+target_link_libraries(testBSP ${tolink})
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e31e51a..18bcaf2 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ SET(CosmoTool_SRCS ${CosmoTool_SRCS}
 	growthFactor.hpp
 )
 
-include_directories(${GSL_INCLUDE_PATH} ${NETCDF_INCLUDE_PATH})
+include_directories(${GSL_INCLUDE_PATH} ${NETCDF_INCLUDE_PATH} ${NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/src)
 
 set(CosmoTool_LIBS  ${NETCDF_LIBRARY} ${NETCDFCPP_LIBRARY} ${GSL_LIBRARIES})
 if (HDF5_FOUND)
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ if (HDF5_FOUND)
   include_directories(${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif (HDF5_FOUND)
 
+message("${CosmoTool_LIBS}")
+set(CosmoTool_LIBS ${CosmoTool_LIBS} PARENT_SCOPE)
+
 if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   add_library(CosmoTool SHARED ${CosmoTool_SRCS})
   target_link_libraries(CosmoTool ${CosmoTool_LIBS})
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
      add_library(CosmoTool_static STATIC ${CosmoTool_SRCS})
   endif(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
 else (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-  add_library(CosmoTool STATIC ${CosmoTool_LIBS})
+  add_library(CosmoTool STATIC ${CosmoTool_SRCS})
 endif (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 install(TARGETS CosmoTool 
diff --git a/src/yorick.cpp b/src/yorick.cpp
index ac8556a..d760009 100644
--- a/src/yorick.cpp
+++ b/src/yorick.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
+#include "ctool_netcdf_ver.hpp"
 #include "config.hpp"
+#ifdef NETCDFCPP4
+#include <netcdf>
+using namespace netCDF
+#else
 #include <netcdfcpp.h>
+#endif
 #include <fstream>
 #include "yorick.hpp"
 #include <assert.h>