diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index af0c5c1..8d5d03d 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,3 +32,7 @@ structopt = "0.3.3"
 members = [
     "netcdf-sys",
 ]
+
+[patch]
+[patch.crates-io]
+hdf5-sys = { git = "https://github.com/magnusuMET/hdf5-rust", branch = "feature/static_build" }
diff --git a/netcdf-sys/Cargo.toml b/netcdf-sys/Cargo.toml
index 94ff5e3..19904bd 100644
--- a/netcdf-sys/Cargo.toml
+++ b/netcdf-sys/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,4 +36,4 @@ dap = ["curl-sys"]
 
 [patch]
 [patch.crates-io]
-hdf5-sys = { git = "https://github.com/magnusuMET/hdf5-rust.git", branch = "feature/static_build" }
+hdf5-sys = { git = "https://github.com/magnusuMET/hdf5-rust", branch = "feature/static_build" }