diff --git a/cad/appcsxcad/files/patch-hdf5 b/cad/appcsxcad/files/patch-hdf5
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+++ b/cad/appcsxcad/files/patch-hdf5
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-02-14 18:02:02 UTC
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -100,7 +100,8 @@ message(STATUS "QCSXCAD_INCLUDE_DIR: ${QCSXCAD_INCLUDE
+ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( ${QCSXCAD_INCLUDE_DIR} ) 
+ 
+ # hdf5
+-find_package(HDF5 1.8 COMPONENTS C HL REQUIRED)
++set(HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS "${LOCALBASE}/include")
++set(HDF5_LIBRARY_DIRS "${LOCALBASE}/lib")
+ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES (${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+ 
+ # vtk