diff --git a/recipe/bld.bat b/recipe/bld.bat
index 46bb5d70..adc57c5e 100644
--- a/recipe/bld.bat
+++ b/recipe/bld.bat
@@ -4,16 +4,20 @@ cd %SRC_DIR%\build
 set BUILD_TYPE=Release
 :: set BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 :: set BUILD_TYPE=Debug
-set HDF5_DIR=%LIBRARY_PREFIX%\cmake\hdf5
 
-cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" ^
+rem manually specify hdf5 paths to work-around https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c/issues/1444
+cmake -LAH -G "NMake Makefiles" ^
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%" ^
       -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON ^
       -DENABLE_TESTS=ON ^
       -DENABLE_HDF4=ON ^
       -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="%LIBRARY_PREFIX%" ^
       -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=%BUILD_TYPE% ^
-      -D ENABLE_CDF5=ON ^
+      -DENABLE_CDF5=ON ^
+      -DHDF5_C_LIBRARY="%LIBRARY_LIB:\=/%/hdf5.lib" ^
+      -DHDF5_HL_LIBRARY="%LIBRARY_LIB:\=/%/hdf5_hl.lib" ^
+      -DHDF5_INCLUDE_DIR="%LIBRARY_INC:\=/%" ^
+      -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-DH5_BUILT_AS_DYNAMIC_LIB" ^
       %SRC_DIR%
 if errorlevel 1 exit \b 1
 
diff --git a/recipe/meta.yaml b/recipe/meta.yaml
index aa7924ce..fd29630e 100644
--- a/recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {% set version = "4.7.4" %}
-{% set build = 3 %}
+{% set build = 4 %}
 
 # recipe-lint fails if mpi is undefined
 {% set mpi = mpi or 'nompi' %}