diff --git a/sf-writer/CMakeLists.txt b/sf-writer/CMakeLists.txt
index d75df61..b591255 100644
--- a/sf-writer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sf-writer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ target_link_libraries(sf-writer
         sf-replay-lib
         zmq
         hdf5
+        hdf5_hl
         hdf5_cpp
         pthread
         )