diff --git a/Modules/FindNetCDF.cmake b/Modules/FindNetCDF.cmake
index 8b474fa..4a13a87 100644
--- a/Modules/FindNetCDF.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindNetCDF.cmake
@@ -80,19 +80,28 @@ if (NETCDF_META)
 endif (NETCDF_META)
 
 find_library (NETCDF_flib
-     names libnetcdff.a netcdff.a libnetcdff.so netcdff.so libnetcdff.dylib netcdff.dylib
+     names libnetcdff.so netcdff.so libnetcdff.dylib netcdff.dylib libnetcdff.a netcdff.a
      HINTS
         ${NETCDF_DIR}/lib
         ${NETCDF_FORTRAN_DIR}/lib
         ${NETCDF_FORTRAN}/lib
         ${NETCDF_FORTRAN_ROOT}/lib
+        ${NETCDF_DIR}/lib64
+        ${NETCDF_FORTRAN_DIR}/lib64
+        ${NETCDF_FORTRAN}/lib64
+        ${NETCDF_FORTRAN_ROOT}/lib64
 )
 
 if (NETCDF_flib)
+    get_filename_component(NETCDF_flib_ext ${NETCDF_flib} EXT)
+    if(NETCDF_flib_ext STREQUAL ".a")
+        set(NETCDF_IS_STATIC TRUE)
+    else()
+        set(NETCDF_IS_STATIC FALSE)
+    endif()
     set(NETCDF_F90 "YES")
-    
 endif()
-find_library (NETCDF_LIBRARIES_C       
+find_library (NETCDF_LIBRARIES_C
     NAMES netcdf
     HINTS ${NETCDF_DIR}/lib )
 mark_as_advanced(NETCDF_LIBRARIES_C)
@@ -174,6 +183,13 @@ if( NETCDF_LIBRARIES_F90 )
 endif()
 
 set (NETCDF_LIBRARIES "${NetCDF_libs}" CACHE STRING "All NetCDF libraries required for interface level")
+
+if(NETCDF_IS_STATIC)
+  find_package(HDF5 MODULE COMPONENTS C HL REQUIRED)
+  find_package(ZLIB MODULE REQUIRED)
+  set(NETCDF_LIBRARIES "${NETCDF_LIBRARIES};${HDF5_HL_LIBRARIES};${HDF5_LIBRARIES};${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}")
+endif()
+
 # handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set NETCDF_FOUND to TRUE if
 # all listed variables are TRUE
 include (FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)