diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/ne/netcdf/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/ne/netcdf/package.nix
index f35fd1168b55..968866a20e5f 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/ne/netcdf/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/ne/netcdf/package.nix
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
   bzip2,
   libzip,
   zstd,
-  szipSupport ? false,
-  szip,
+  szipSupport ? hdf5.szipSupport,
+  libaec,
   libxml2,
   m4,
   curl, # for DAP
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     libzip
     zstd
   ]
-  ++ lib.optional szipSupport szip
+  ++ lib.optional szipSupport libaec
   ++ lib.optional mpiSupport mpi;
 
   strictDeps = true;