diff --git a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
index 942b566e..2e9ec214 100644
--- a/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
+++ b/conf/intel/portage/package.use/00-sabayon.package.use
@@ -799,7 +799,7 @@ sci-libs/fftw threads
 sci-libs/gdal curl geos
 # PQStego requires this USE, see bug 2751
 >=sci-libs/gsl-1.15 cblas-external
-sci-libs/hdf5 -cxx -fortran -mpi threads -szip
+sci-libs/hdf5 -cxx -fortran -hl -mpi threads -szip
 sci-libs/itpp fftw
 sci-libs/indilib nova
 sci-libs/netcdf -fortran hdf5