diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c0decdd7e..ca77671b7c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -225,8 +225,7 @@ target_include_directories(
   PUBLIC $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include>
   PUBLIC swig
   PUBLIC ${GSL_LITE_INCLUDE_DIR}
-  PUBLIC ${SUITESPARSE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-  PUBLIC ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  PUBLIC ${SUITESPARSE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 if(NOT "${BLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS}" STREQUAL "")
   target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${BLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
@@ -256,6 +255,11 @@ target_link_libraries(
   PUBLIC ${BLAS_LIBRARIES}
   PUBLIC ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
+if(ENABLE_HDF5)
+  target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${HDF5_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
+
 if(OpenMP_FOUND)
   target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
 endif()