diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF_Fortran.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF_Fortran.cmake
index 5a74b488a..2b996a27f 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF_Fortran.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindNETCDF_Fortran.cmake
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ ELSE ()
       ENDIF()
    ENDIF()
 
-   FIND_LIBRARY(netCDF::netcdff
+   FIND_LIBRARY(NFLIB
       NAMES ${NETCDFF} 
       PATHS
          ${NFPREFIX_DIR}