diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 98f752d..137de2e 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if(YORICK_SUPPORT)
   include_directories(${NETCDF_INCLUDE_PATH} ${NETCDFCPP_INCLUDE_PATH})
 endif(YORICK_SUPPORT)
 if (HDF5_FOUND)
-  set(CosmoTool_LIBS ${CosmoTool_LIBS} ${HDF5_CXX_LIBRARIES} ${HDF5_C_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB})
+  set(CosmoTool_LIBS ${CosmoTool_LIBS} ${HDF5_CXX_LIBRARIES} ${HDF5_HL_LIBRARIES} ${HDF5_C_LIBRARIES} ${ZLIB})
   include_directories(${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif (HDF5_FOUND)