diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF.cmake
index af721f909..61eb4ceba 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF.cmake
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ ELSE ()
    ELSE ()
       MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find nc-config")
    ENDIF ()
+   IF (DEFINED ENV{LIBS})
+      SEPARATE_ARGUMENTS(LIBS NATIVE_COMMAND "$ENV{LIBS}")
+      LIST(APPEND EXTRA_FLAGS ${LIBS})
+   ENDIF()
 
    # Note for posterity: When building static libraries, NETCDF_FORTRAN_LIBRARY must come *before* NETCDF_LIBRARY. Otherwise you get a bunch of "undefined reference to" errors
    SET(NETCDF_LIBRARIES ${NETCDF_FORTRAN_LIBRARY} ${NETCDF_LIBRARY} ${EXTRA_FLAGS} CACHE STRING "NetCDF Fortran and dependant static libraries")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9ab8a6efb..34c44049a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [tool.cibuildwheel.linux]
 environment = {SKBUILD_CONFIGURE_OPTIONS="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF"}
 before-all = [
-    "yum install netcdf-fortran-static netcdf-static hdf5-static -y"
+    "yum install m4 doxygen -y",
+    "buildscripts/fetch_dependencies.sh -d build",
+    "buildscripts/build_dependencies.sh -c GNU-Linux -p /usr/local"
 ]
     
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