diff --git a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index ca2e3ad9e5e..59cf3605a9e 100644
--- a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ list(APPEND Caffe_LINKER_LIBS PUBLIC ${GFLAGS_LIBRARIES})
 include(cmake/ProtoBuf.cmake)
 
 # ---[ HDF5
-find_package(HDF5 COMPONENTS HL REQUIRED)
-list(APPEND Caffe_INCLUDE_DIRS PUBLIC ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-list(APPEND Caffe_LINKER_LIBS PUBLIC ${HDF5_LIBRARIES} ${HDF5_HL_LIBRARIES})
+
 
 # This code is taken from https://github.com/sh1r0/caffe-android-lib
 if(USE_HDF5)
   find_package(HDF5 COMPONENTS HL REQUIRED)
+  list(APPEND Caffe_INCLUDE_DIRS PUBLIC ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  list(APPEND Caffe_LINKER_LIBS PUBLIC ${HDF5_LIBRARIES} ${HDF5_HL_LIBRARIES})
   include_directories(SYSTEM ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${HDF5_HL_INCLUDE_DIR})
   list(APPEND Caffe_LINKER_LIBS ${HDF5_LIBRARIES} ${HDF5_HL_LIBRARIES})
   add_definitions(-DUSE_HDF5)
diff --git a/src/caffe/net.cpp b/src/caffe/net.cpp
index 5e844b03899..fb928cfd032 100644
--- a/src/caffe/net.cpp
+++ b/src/caffe/net.cpp
@@ -771,9 +771,14 @@ void Net<Dtype>::CopyTrainedLayersFrom(const NetParameter& param) {
 
 template <typename Dtype>
 void Net<Dtype>::CopyTrainedLayersFrom(const string& trained_filename) {
-  if (H5Fis_hdf5(trained_filename.c_str())) {
+#ifdef USE_HDF5
+  if (H5Fis_hdf5(trained_filename.c_str()))
+  {
     CopyTrainedLayersFromHDF5(trained_filename);
-  } else {
+  }
+  else
+#endif
+  {
     CopyTrainedLayersFromBinaryProto(trained_filename);
   }
 }