10 files changed, 143 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md
index e243e94..47fce8b 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Dependencies.md
@@ -257,7 +257,9 @@ libraries that have been compiled for single-threaded use instead.
 
 ## Fortran Coarrays
 
-As of 0.50.0 Coarrays are a Fortran language intrinsic feature, enabled by
+*(added 0.50.0)*
+
+ Coarrays are a Fortran language intrinsic feature, enabled by
 `dependency('coarray')`.
 
 GCC will use OpenCoarrays if present to implement coarrays, while Intel and NAG
@@ -286,6 +288,9 @@ test('gtest test', e)
 ```
 
 ## HDF5
+
+*(added 0.50.0)*
+
 HDF5 is supported for C, C++ and Fortran. Because dependencies are
 language-specific, you must specify the requested language using the
 `language` keyword argument, i.e.,
@@ -349,6 +354,20 @@ are not in your path, they can be specified by setting the standard
 environment variables `MPICC`, `MPICXX`, `MPIFC`, `MPIF90`, or
 `MPIF77`, during configuration.
 
+## NetCDF
+
+*(added 0.50.0)*
+
+NetCDF is supported for C, C++ and Fortran. Because NetCDF dependencies are
+language-specific, you must specify the requested language using the
+`language` keyword argument, i.e.,
+ * `dependency('netcdf', language: 'c')` for the C NetCDF headers and libraries
+ * `dependency('netcdf', language: 'cpp')` for the C++ NetCDF headers and libraries
+ * `dependency('netcdf', language: 'fortran')` for the Fortran NetCDF headers and libraries
+
+Meson uses pkg-config to find NetCDF.
+
+
 ## OpenMP
 
 *(added 0.46.0)*
diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/netcdf.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/netcdf.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..711f174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/netcdf.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## NetCDF
+
+NetCDF support for C, C++ and Fortran is added via pkg-config.
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/__init__.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/__init__.py
index 71a0bb3..53ff1c9 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/__init__.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from .base import (  # noqa: F401
     ExternalDependency, NotFoundDependency, ExternalLibrary, ExtraFrameworkDependency, InternalDependency,
     PkgConfigDependency, CMakeDependency, find_external_dependency, get_dep_identifier, packages, _packages_accept_language)
 from .dev import GMockDependency, GTestDependency, LLVMDependency, ValgrindDependency
-from .misc import (CoarrayDependency, HDF5Dependency, MPIDependency, OpenMPDependency, Python3Dependency, ThreadDependency, PcapDependency, CupsDependency, LibWmfDependency, LibGCryptDependency)
+from .misc import (CoarrayDependency, HDF5Dependency, MPIDependency, NetCDFDependency, OpenMPDependency, Python3Dependency, ThreadDependency, PcapDependency, CupsDependency, LibWmfDependency, LibGCryptDependency)
 from .platform import AppleFrameworks
 from .ui import GLDependency, GnuStepDependency, Qt4Dependency, Qt5Dependency, SDL2Dependency, WxDependency, VulkanDependency
 
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ packages.update({
     'coarray': CoarrayDependency,
     'mpi': MPIDependency,
     'hdf5': HDF5Dependency,
+    'netcdf': NetCDFDependency,
     'openmp': OpenMPDependency,
     'python3': Python3Dependency,
     'threads': ThreadDependency,
@@ -58,5 +59,6 @@ packages.update({
 _packages_accept_language.update({
     'hdf5',
     'mpi',
+    'netcdf',
     'openmp',
 })
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
index b9fcc11..6d41ec5 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
@@ -2286,6 +2286,7 @@ display_name_map = {
     'hdf5': 'HDF5',
     'llvm': 'LLVM',
     'mpi': 'MPI',
+    'netcdf': 'NetCDF',
     'openmp': 'OpenMP',
     'wxwidgets': 'WxWidgets',
 }
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
index db83422..df3a053 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
@@ -117,6 +117,35 @@ class HDF5Dependency(ExternalDependency):
             except Exception:
                 pass
 
+class NetCDFDependency(ExternalDependency):
+
+    def __init__(self, environment, kwargs):
+        language = kwargs.get('language', 'c')
+        super().__init__('netcdf', environment, language, kwargs)
+        kwargs['required'] = False
+        kwargs['silent'] = True
+        self.is_found = False
+
+        pkgconfig_files = ['netcdf']
+
+        if language not in ('c', 'cpp', 'fortran'):
+            raise DependencyException('Language {} is not supported with NetCDF.'.format(language))
+
+        if language == 'fortran':
+            pkgconfig_files.append('netcdf-fortran')
+
+        self.compile_args = []
+        self.link_args = []
+        self.pcdep = []
+        for pkg in pkgconfig_files:
+            pkgdep = PkgConfigDependency(pkg, environment, kwargs, language=self.language)
+            if pkgdep.found():
+                self.compile_args.extend(pkgdep.get_compile_args())
+                self.link_args.extend(pkgdep.get_link_args())
+                self.version = pkgdep.get_version()
+                self.is_found = True
+                self.pcdep.append(pkgdep)
+
 class MPIDependency(ExternalDependency):
 
     def __init__(self, environment, kwargs):
diff --git a/run_project_tests.py b/run_project_tests.py
index 030cd51..bb0e062 100755
--- a/run_project_tests.py
+++ b/run_project_tests.py
@@ -498,6 +498,10 @@ def skippable(suite, test):
     if test.endswith('10 gtk-doc'):
         return True
 
+    # NetCDF is not in the CI image
+    if test.endswith('netcdf'):
+        return True
+
     # No frameworks test should be skipped on linux CI, as we expect all
     # prerequisites to be installed
     if mesonlib.is_linux():
diff --git a/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/main.c b/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/main.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e592585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/main.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "netcdf.h"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+int ret, ncid;
+
+if ((ret = nc_create("foo.nc", NC_CLOBBER, &ncid)))
+  return ret;
+
+if ((ret = nc_close(ncid)))
+  return ret;
+
+return 0;
+}
diff --git a/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/main.cpp b/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3c98ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#include <iostream>
+#include "netcdf.h"
+
+int main(void)
+{
+int ret, ncid;
+
+if ((ret = nc_create("foo.nc", NC_CLOBBER, &ncid)))
+  return ret;
+
+if ((ret = nc_close(ncid)))
+  return ret;
+
+return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}
diff --git a/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/main.f90 b/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/main.f90
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3872298
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/main.f90
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use netcdf
+
+implicit none
+
+integer :: ncid
+
+call check( nf90_create("foo.nc", NF90_CLOBBER, ncid) )
+
+call check( nf90_close(ncid) )
+
+contains
+
+ subroutine check(status)
+  integer, intent (in) :: status
+
+  if(status /= nf90_noerr) error stop trim(nf90_strerror(status))
+end subroutine check
+
+end program
diff --git a/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/meson.build b/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a10d09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/frameworks/26 netcdf/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+project('netcdf_test', 'c', 'cpp')
+
+
+# --- C tests
+nc_c = dependency('netcdf', language : 'c', required : false)
+if not nc_c.found()
+  error('MESON_SKIP_TEST: NetCDF C library not found, skipping NetCDF framework tests.')
+endif
+exec = executable('exec', 'main.c', dependencies : nc_c)
+
+test('NetCDF C', exec)
+
+# --- C++ tests
+nc_cpp = dependency('netcdf', language : 'cpp', required : false)
+if nc_cpp.found()
+  execpp = executable('execpp', 'main.cpp', dependencies : nc_cpp)
+  test('NetCDF C++', execpp)
+endif
+
+# --- Fortran tests
+if build_machine.system() != 'windows'
+  add_languages('fortran')
+
+  nc_f = dependency('netcdf', language : 'fortran', required : false)
+  if nc_f.found()
+    exef = executable('exef', 'main.f90', dependencies : nc_f)
+
+    test('NetCDF Fortran', exef)
+  endif
+endif
+
+# Check we can apply a version constraint
+if nc_c.version() != 'unknown'
+  dependency('netcdf', version: '>=@0@'.format(nc_c.version()))
+endif