diff -Naur oiio-Release-1.2.1.orig/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake oiio-Release-1.2.1/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake
--- oiio-Release-1.2.1.orig/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake	2013-08-06 00:10:31.000000000 -0500
+++ oiio-Release-1.2.1/src/cmake/externalpackages.cmake	2013-08-29 09:12:03.303106159 -0500
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@
         # variables HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS and HDF5_LIBRARIES.
     else ()
         find_package (HDF5 COMPONENTS CXX)
+        set(HDF5_LIBRARIES ${HDF5_LIBRARIES_RELEASE})
     endif ()
     if (VERBOSE)
         message (STATUS "HDF5_FOUND=${HDF5_FOUND}")