diff --git a/CMakeVOL.cmake b/CMakeVOL.cmake
index d8b8ff0acb0..a6bd3b4adca 100644
--- a/CMakeVOL.cmake
+++ b/CMakeVOL.cmake
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ if (HDF5_VOL_ALLOW_EXTERNAL MATCHES "GIT" OR HDF5_VOL_ALLOW_EXTERNAL MATCHES "LO
   set (HDF5_LIBRARIES "${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET};${LINK_LIBS};${LINK_COMP_LIBS};$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL}>:MPI::MPI_C>")
   set (HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS "${HDF5_SRC_INCLUDE_DIRS};${HDF5_SRC_BINARY_DIR};$<$<BOOL:${HDF5_ENABLE_PARALLEL}>:${MPI_C_INCLUDE_DIRS}>")
   set (HDF5_IS_PARALLEL ${H5_HAVE_PARALLEL})
+  set (HDF5_VERSION ${HDF5_PACKAGE_VERSION})
 
   set (HDF5_C_LIBRARIES "${HDF5_LIBRARIES}")