diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/trilinos/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/trilinos/package.py
index 469fd1091a..4d1d27e74a 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/trilinos/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/trilinos/package.py
@@ -143,11 +143,18 @@ def install(self, spec, prefix):
             '-DTrilinos_ENABLE_CXX11:BOOL=ON',
             '-DTPL_ENABLE_Netcdf:BOOL=ON',
             '-DTPL_ENABLE_HYPRE:BOOL=%s' % (
-                'ON' if '+hypre' in spec else 'OFF'),
-            '-DTPL_ENABLE_HDF5:BOOL=%s' % (
-                'ON' if '+hdf5' in spec else 'OFF'),
+                'ON' if '+hypre' in spec else 'OFF')
         ])
 
+        if '+hdf5' in spec:
+            options.extend([
+                '-DTPL_ENABLE_HDF5:BOOL=ON',
+                '-DHDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS:PATH=%s' % spec['hdf5'].prefix.include,
+                '-DHDF5_LIBRARY_DIRS:PATH=%s' % spec['hdf5'].prefix.lib
+            ])
+        else:
+            options.extend(['-DTPL_ENABLE_HDF5:BOOL=OFF'])
+
         if '+boost' in spec:
             options.extend([
                 '-DTPL_ENABLE_Boost:BOOL=ON',