diff --git a/examples/heatTransfer/write/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/heatTransfer/write/CMakeLists.txt
index 89373e645092a77f51269358b37e47dd9a538259..763a151aa2206afee7aa56a95e05be48744cb2fb 100644
--- a/examples/heatTransfer/write/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/heatTransfer/write/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ if(ADIOS_USE_MPI)
       IO_hdf5_a.cpp
     )
     target_include_directories(heatTransfer_write_hdf5
-      PRIVATE ${MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH} ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+      PRIVATE ${MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH} ${HDF5_C_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     )
     target_link_libraries(heatTransfer_write_hdf5
       ${MPI_C_LIBRARIES} ${HDF5_C_LIBRARIES}
diff --git a/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt b/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
index 75d221e4b6cac2d9eaff7bbd570b5272a603c0ae..7099e25b265fc69134904739ca277005eaceaac7 100644
--- a/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/adios2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@ if(ADIOS_USE_HDF5)
       "of ADIOS is being built, which requires a sequential HDF5."
     )
   endif()
-
-  target_include_directories(adios2 PRIVATE ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  target_include_directories(adios2 PRIVATE ${HDF5_C_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   target_sources(adios2 PRIVATE
     engine/hdf5/HDF5ReaderP.cpp
     engine/hdf5/HDF5WriterP.cpp
diff --git a/testing/adios2/engine/hdf5/CMakeLists.txt b/testing/adios2/engine/hdf5/CMakeLists.txt
index b8a4a56c2e32a7e0379f05b6badd7752202ed197..2f69ed7a3a83f751b1a9f756dd350389b9e6db28 100644
--- a/testing/adios2/engine/hdf5/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/testing/adios2/engine/hdf5/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 # accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
+find_package(HDF5 REQUIRED)
+
 add_executable(TestHDF5WriteRead TestHDF5WriteRead.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(TestHDF5WriteRead adios2 gtest)
+target_include_directories(TestHDF5WriteRead PRIVATE ${HDF5_C_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_link_libraries(TestHDF5WriteRead adios2 gtest ${HDF5_C_LIBRARIES})
+
 add_test(NAME adios2::engine::hdf5::write_read COMMAND TestHDF5WriteRead)