diff --git a/ports/netcdf-c/CONTROL b/ports/netcdf-c/CONTROL
index 9ea0d125efa104..3f164781c7d95d 100644
--- a/ports/netcdf-c/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/netcdf-c/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Source: netcdf-c
 Version: 4.7.4
+Port-Version: 1
 Build-Depends: hdf5, curl
 Homepage: https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c
 Description: a set of self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data.
diff --git a/ports/netcdf-c/fix-linkage-error.patch b/ports/netcdf-c/fix-linkage-error.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..e71c30fdef4859
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/netcdf-c/fix-linkage-error.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/liblib/CMakeLists.txt b/liblib/CMakeLists.txt
+index 8aeeab7..5b578f7 100644
+--- a/liblib/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/liblib/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -70,8 +70,14 @@ ENDIF()
+ IF(USE_HDF5 OR USE_NETCDF4)
+   if(TARGET hdf5::hdf5-shared)
+     SET(TLL_LIBS ${TLL_LIBS} hdf5::hdf5-shared hdf5::hdf5_hl-shared)
++    if(USE_PARALLEL)
++      list(APPEND TLL_LIBS ${MPI_C_LIBRARIES})
++    endif()
+   else()
+     SET(TLL_LIBS ${TLL_LIBS} hdf5::hdf5-static hdf5::hdf5_hl-static)
++    if(USE_PARALLEL)
++      list(APPEND TLL_LIBS ${MPI_C_LIBRARIES})
++    endif()
+   endif()
+ ENDIF()
+ 
diff --git a/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake b/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake
index 16715053029973..bef7d98938d405 100644
--- a/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
         config-pkg-location.patch
         use_targets.patch
         fix-dependency-libmath.patch
+        fix-linkage-error.patch
 )
 
 #Remove outdated find modules