diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-cxx4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-cxx4/default.nix
index 82d0e8c132d0..5f0fade2566e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-cxx4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf-cxx4/default.nix
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ninja ];
   buildInputs = [ netcdf hdf5 curl ];
 
-  # 10 - cxx4_test_filter (Failed)
-  # Setting Filter....Caught unexpected exception.
-  doCheck = false;
+  doCheck = true;
   enableParallelChecking = false;
+  preCheck = ''
+    export HDF5_PLUGIN_PATH=${netcdf}/lib/hdf5-plugins
+  '';
 
   meta = {
     description = "C++ API to manipulate netcdf files";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix
index 188dd586797b..ed869275c9d2 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/netcdf/default.nix
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 { lib, stdenv
 , fetchurl, unzip
 , hdf5
+, bzip2
+, libzip
+, zstd
+, szipSupport ? false
+, szip
 , libxml2
 , m4
 , curl # for DAP
@@ -34,7 +39,10 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     hdf5
     libxml2
     mpi
-  ];
+    bzip2
+    libzip
+    zstd
+  ] ++ lib.optional szipSupport szip;
 
   passthru = {
     inherit mpiSupport mpi;
@@ -45,9 +53,12 @@ in stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
       "--enable-dap"
       "--enable-shared"
       "--disable-dap-remote-tests"
+      "--with-plugin-dir=${placeholder "out"}/lib/hdf5-plugins"
   ]
   ++ (lib.optionals mpiSupport [ "--enable-parallel-tests" "CC=${mpi}/bin/mpicc" ]);
 
+  enableParallelBuilding = true;
+
   disallowedReferences = [ stdenv.cc ];
 
   postFixup = ''