diff --git a/cmake/hdf5.cmake b/cmake/hdf5.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ad7903
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/hdf5.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Copyright (c) 2014 Los Alamos National Security, LLC
+# All rights reserved.
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Add HDF5 support.
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+
+option(ENABLE_HDF5 "Enable HDF5" OFF)
+
+if(ENABLE_HDF5)
+
+    find_package(HDF5 REQUIRED)
+
+    if(NOT HDF5_FOUND)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "HDF5 is required for this build configuration")
+    endif(NOT HDF5_FOUND)
+
+    set(CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH  ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH} ${HDF5_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+
+    include_directories(${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+    list(APPEND CINCH_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES ${HDF5_LIBRARIES} ${HDF5_CXX_LIBRARIES})
+
+    if(EXISTS "${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS}/../lib/libhdf5_cpp_debug.so")
+     list(APPEND CINCH_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS}/../lib/libhdf5_cpp_debug.so )
+    endif()
+
+    if(EXISTS "${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS}/../lib/libhdf5_cpp.so")
+     list(APPEND CINCH_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS}/../lib/libhdf5_cpp.so )
+    endif()
+
+    message(STATUS "HDF5 found: ${HDF5_FOUND}")
+
+endif(ENABLE_HDF5)
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Formatting options for emacs and vim.
+# vim: set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab :
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
diff --git a/cmake/packages.cmake b/cmake/packages.cmake
index fc88c6a..7d6f6b6 100644
--- a/cmake/packages.cmake
+++ b/cmake/packages.cmake
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ macro(cinch_load_extras)
   include(boost)
   include(coverage)
   include(doxygen)
+  include(hdf5)
   include(sphinx)
   include(format)