diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e53873f33..6775c568e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ find_package(Qt4)
 find_package(Qwt 6)
 find_package(CBF)
 find_package(Doxygen)
-find_package(HDF5 1.10)
+find_package(HDF5 1.10 COMPONENTS CXX)
 
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