diff -up PDL-2.008/IO/HDF/Makefile.PL.orig PDL-2.008/IO/HDF/Makefile.PL
--- PDL-2.008/IO/HDF/Makefile.PL.orig	2015-05-25 10:35:14.989454093 +0200
+++ PDL-2.008/IO/HDF/Makefile.PL	2015-05-25 10:35:40.598769649 +0200
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ if (defined $PDL::Config{WITH_HDF} && $P
 # default locations:
 my @HDF_lib_locations = (
     '/usr/lib64',
+    '/usr/lib64/hdf',
     '/usr/local/netcdf/lib',
     '/usr/local/lib',
     '/usr/local/lib64',