diff --git a/cmake/dependencies.cmake b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
index 96c69ef3..d8b6e753 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dependencies.cmake
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ endif()
 # NetCDF library
 
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+
+
+
 pkg_check_modules(netcdff IMPORTED_TARGET REQUIRED netcdf-fortran)
+pkg_check_modules(netcdfc IMPORTED_TARGET REQUIRED netcdf)
+
+
 
 ################################################################################
 # yaml-cpp
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index e5be6993..3b7c4a07 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ message(STATUS "lapack libraries: ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES}")
 target_link_libraries(tuvx_object 
   PRIVATE
     PkgConfig::netcdff
+    PkgConfig::netcdfc
     yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp
 )