3 files changed, 48 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/__init__.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/__init__.py
index afe2a3b..f5034db 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 (MPIDependency, OpenMPDependency, Python3Dependency, ThreadDependency, PcapDependency, CupsDependency, LibWmfDependency, LibGCryptDependency)
+from .misc import (HDF5Dependency, MPIDependency, OpenMPDependency, Python3Dependency, ThreadDependency, PcapDependency, CupsDependency, LibWmfDependency, LibGCryptDependency)
 from .platform import AppleFrameworks
 from .ui import GLDependency, GnuStepDependency, Qt4Dependency, Qt5Dependency, SDL2Dependency, WxDependency, VulkanDependency
 
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ packages.update({
     # From misc:
     'boost': BoostDependency,
     'mpi': MPIDependency,
+    'hdf5': HDF5Dependency,
     'openmp': OpenMPDependency,
     'python3': Python3Dependency,
     'threads': ThreadDependency,
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ packages.update({
     'vulkan': VulkanDependency,
 })
 _packages_accept_language.update({
+    'hdf5',
     'mpi',
     'openmp',
 })
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
index 4b54005..a9d889a 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py
@@ -2044,6 +2044,7 @@ display_name_map = {
     'dub': 'DUB',
     'gmock': 'GMock',
     'gtest': 'GTest',
+    'hdf5': 'HDF5',
     'llvm': 'LLVM',
     'mpi': 'MPI',
     'openmp': 'OpenMP',
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
index e6f52a5..b9f8bb6 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@
 
 # This file contains the detection logic for miscellaneous external dependencies.
 
+from pathlib import Path
 import functools
 import os
 import re
 import shlex
 import sysconfig
 
-from pathlib import Path
-
 from .. import mlog
 from .. import mesonlib
 from ..environment import detect_cpu_family
@@ -33,6 +32,49 @@ from .base import (
 )
 
 
+class HDF5Dependency(ExternalDependency):
+
+    def __init__(self, environment, kwargs):
+        language = kwargs.get('language', 'c')
+        super().__init__('hdf5', environment, language, kwargs)
+        kwargs['required'] = False
+        kwargs['silent'] = True
+        self.is_found = False
+
+        pkgconfig_files = ['hdf5']
+
+        if language not in ('c', 'cpp', 'fortran'):
+            raise DependencyException('Language {} is not supported with HDF5.'.format(language))
+
+        for pkg in pkgconfig_files:
+            try:
+                pkgdep = PkgConfigDependency(pkg, environment, kwargs, language=self.language)
+                if pkgdep.found():
+                    self.compile_args = pkgdep.get_compile_args()
+                    # derive needed libraries by language
+                    link_args = pkgdep.get_link_args()
+                    lang_link_args = []
+                    for larg in link_args:
+                        lpath = Path(larg)
+                        if lpath.is_file():
+                            if language == 'c':
+                                lang_link_args.append(str(lpath.parent / (lpath.stem + '_hl' + lpath.suffix)))
+                                lang_link_args.append(larg)
+                            elif language == 'cpp':
+                                lang_link_args.append(str(lpath.parent / (lpath.stem + '_hl_cpp' + lpath.suffix)))
+                                lang_link_args.append(str(lpath.parent / (lpath.stem + '_cpp' + lpath.suffix)))
+                            elif language == 'fortran':
+                                lang_link_args.append(str(lpath.parent / (lpath.stem + 'hl_fortran' + lpath.suffix)))
+                                lang_link_args.append(str(lpath.parent / (lpath.stem + '_fortran' + lpath.suffix)))
+
+                    self.link_args = lang_link_args
+                    self.version = pkgdep.get_version()
+                    self.is_found = True
+                    self.pcdep = pkgdep
+                    break
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
 class MPIDependency(ExternalDependency):
 
     def __init__(self, environment, kwargs):