diff --git a/HDF5/versions/0.8.8/requires b/HDF5/versions/0.8.8/requires
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1bdb5458716
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HDF5/versions/0.8.8/requires
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+julia 0.5
+BinDeps 0.6.0
+Blosc
+Compat 0.32.0
+@osx Homebrew 0.3.1
+@windows WinRPM
diff --git a/HDF5/versions/0.8.8/sha1 b/HDF5/versions/0.8.8/sha1
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3fb448e528d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/HDF5/versions/0.8.8/sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+29ac03e758fb1e5f9e799a81eef2e8c243a5d5cd