diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 09362380..8a3cef11 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ SET(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED True)
 SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -march=native -mtune=native")
 SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELEASE "-O3 -march=native -mtune=native")
 
+SET(HDF5_USE_STATIC_LIBRARIES ON)
+
 INCLUDE(CheckLanguage)
 CHECK_LANGUAGE(CUDA)