diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -262,22 +262,13 @@
 
 ### NETCDF (optional) #############################
 IF (ENABLE_NETCDF)
-FIND_LIBRARY (NETCDF_LIBRARY netcdf
-	PATHS
-	/usr/lib
-	/usr/local/lib
+FIND_PACKAGE(netCDF)
+SET_PACKAGE_PROPERTIES(netCDF PROPERTIES
+    DESCRIPTION "Interfaces for array-oriented data access"
+    URL "https://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/netcdf/"
 )
-FIND_PATH (NETCDF_INCLUDE_DIR netcdf.h
-	/usr/include
-	/usr/local/include
-)
-IF (NETCDF_LIBRARY AND NETCDF_INCLUDE_DIR)
-	SET (NETCDF_FOUND TRUE)
-ELSE ()
-	SET (NETCDF_FOUND FALSE)
-ENDIF ()
-IF (NETCDF_FOUND)
-	MESSAGE (STATUS "Found Network Common Data Format (NetCDF) Library: ${NETCDF_INCLUDE_DIR} ${NETCDF_LIBRARY}")
+IF (netCDF_FOUND)
+	MESSAGE (STATUS "Found Network Common Data Format (NetCDF) Library")
 	add_definitions (-DHAVE_NETCDF)
 ELSE ()
 	MESSAGE (STATUS "Network Common Data Format (NetCDF) Library NOT FOUND")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -404,8 +404,8 @@
 IF (FFTW3_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries( labplot2lib ${FFTW3_LIBRARIES} )
 ENDIF ()
-IF (NETCDF_FOUND)
-	target_link_libraries( labplot2lib ${NETCDF_LIBRARY} )
+IF (netCDF_FOUND)
+	target_link_libraries( labplot2lib netcdf )
 ENDIF ()
 IF (CFITSIO_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries( labplot2lib ${CFITSIO_LIBRARIES} )
diff --git a/tests/import_export/ASCII/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/import_export/ASCII/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/tests/import_export/ASCII/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/import_export/ASCII/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 IF (FFTW3_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries(asciifiltertest ${FFTW3_LIBRARIES} )
 ENDIF ()
-IF (NETCDF_FOUND)
-	target_link_libraries(asciifiltertest ${NETCDF_LIBRARY} )
+IF (netCDF_FOUND)
+	target_link_libraries(asciifiltertest netcdf )
 ENDIF ()
 IF (CFITSIO_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries(asciifiltertest ${CFITSIO_LIBRARIES} )
diff --git a/tests/import_export/JSON/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/import_export/JSON/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/tests/import_export/JSON/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/import_export/JSON/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 IF (FFTW3_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(jsonfiltertest ${FFTW3_LIBRARIES} )
 ENDIF ()
-IF (NETCDF_FOUND)
-    target_link_libraries(jsonfiltertest ${NETCDF_LIBRARY} )
+IF (netCDF_FOUND)
+    target_link_libraries(jsonfiltertest netcdf )
 ENDIF ()
 IF (CFITSIO_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(jsonfiltertest ${CFITSIO_LIBRARIES} )
diff --git a/tests/import_export/MQTT/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/import_export/MQTT/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/tests/import_export/MQTT/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/import_export/MQTT/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@
 IF (FFTW3_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries(mqttunittest ${FFTW3_LIBRARIES} )
 ENDIF ()
-IF (NETCDF_FOUND)
-	target_link_libraries(mqttunittest ${NETCDF_LIBRARY} )
+IF (netCDF_FOUND)
+	target_link_libraries(mqttunittest netcdf )
 ENDIF ()
 IF (CFITSIO_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries(mqttunittest ${CFITSIO_LIBRARIES} )
diff --git a/tests/import_export/project/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/import_export/project/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/tests/import_export/project/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/import_export/project/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@
 IF (FFTW3_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries(projectimporttest ${FFTW3_LIBRARIES} )
 ENDIF ()
-IF (NETCDF_FOUND)
-	target_link_libraries(projectimporttest ${NETCDF_LIBRARY} )
+IF (netCDF_FOUND)
+	target_link_libraries(projectimporttest netcdf )
 ENDIF ()
 IF (CFITSIO_FOUND)
 	target_link_libraries(projectimporttest ${CFITSIO_LIBRARIES} )