diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c33c3e6d2..7931d8e51 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ if (nexus)
   find_package(HDF5 COMPONENTS CXX REQUIRED)
   if (HAVE_HDF4)
     find_package(HDF4 REQUIRED)
+    add_definitions(-DHAVE_HDF4)
   endif (HAVE_HDF4)  
   find_package(NEXUS REQUIRED)
   add_definitions(-DPNEXUS_ENABLED)
diff --git a/src/musrfit.cpp b/src/musrfit.cpp
index 71f0bb050..a6fc599e6 100644
--- a/src/musrfit.cpp
+++ b/src/musrfit.cpp
@@ -471,7 +471,13 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
       return PMUSR_SUCCESS;
     } else if (!strcmp(argv[1], "--nexus-support")) {
 #ifdef PNEXUS_ENABLED
-      std::cout << std::endl << ">> musrfit: NeXus support enabled." << std::endl << std::endl;
+      std::cout << std::endl << ">> musrfit: NeXus support enabled. ";
+      std::cout << " HDF5 ready. ";
+#ifdef HAVE_HDF4
+      std::cout << " HDF4 ready."  << std::endl << std::endl;
+#else
+      std::cout << " HDF4 not ready."  << std::endl << std::endl;
+#endif
 #else
       std::cout << std::endl << "musrfit: NeXus support NOT enabled." << std::endl << std::endl;
 #endif