diff --git a/external/external_build.cmake b/external/external_build.cmake
index 57e595a..e35f2d6 100644
--- a/external/external_build.cmake
+++ b/external/external_build.cmake
@@ -138,6 +138,11 @@ if (INTERNAL_NETCDF)
     DEPENDS ${hdf5_built}
     PREFIX ${BUILD_PREFIX}/netcdf-prefix
     URL ${NETCDF_URL}
+    PATCH_COMMAND  ${CMAKE_COMMAND} 
+      -DBUILD_PREFIX=${BUILD_PREFIX}/netcdf-prefix
+      -DPATCH_FILE=${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/patch_netcdf
+      -DSOURCE_PREFIX=${BUILD_PREFIX}/netcdf-prefix/src/netcdf/ncgen3
+      -P ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/check_and_apply_patch.cmake
     CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${NETCDF_SOURCE_DIR}/configure
          --prefix=${NETCDF_BIN_DIR} --libdir=${NETCDF_BIN_DIR}/lib
          --enable-netcdf-4  --with-pic --disable-shared --disable-dap 
diff --git a/external/patch_netcdf b/external/patch_netcdf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43ea559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/patch_netcdf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- load.c	2011-06-30 18:22:19.000000000 -0500
++++ new_load.c	2014-09-11 04:47:52.057267514 -0500
+@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
+  *********************************************************************/
+ 
+ #include <stdio.h>
++#include <config.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <ctype.h>