diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index da029328d..8b17c19a1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ ENDIF ()
 # Have the .mod files placed in the include folder
 SET(CMAKE_Fortran_MODULE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/mod)
 
-# Add our local modules to the module path
+# Add our local modules to the module ldpath
 FILE(TO_CMAKE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules" LOCAL_MODULE_PATH)
 LIST(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${LOCAL_MODULE_PATH})
 
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF.cmake
index cee2fabad..91a7cf706 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF.cmake
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ FIND_PATH(NETCDF_INCLUDE_DIR
 )
 
 IF (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS) 
-   SET(NETCDFF "netcdff")
+   IF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
+      SET(NETCDFF "netcdff.dll")
+   ELSE ()
+      SET(NETCDFF "netcdff")
+   ENDIF ()
 ELSE ()
    SET(NCPREFIX_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} CACHE PATH "Location of provided NetCDF-C dependencies")
    SET(H5PREFIX_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} CACHE PATH "Location of provided HDF5 dependencies")
@@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(NETCDF_FORTRAN_LIBRARY
       ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    PATH_SUFFIXES
       lib
+      bin
       ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_ARCHITECTURE} 
    REQUIRED
 )