diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindNetCDF.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindNetCDF.cmake
index 4181e3f027..2a992b6b3b 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindNetCDF.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindNetCDF.cmake
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ mark_as_advanced (NETCDF_INCLUDE_DIR)
 
 set (NETCDF_C_INCLUDE_DIRS ${NETCDF_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
-string(REGEX REPLACE "/include/?$" "/lib"
+string(REGEX REPLACE "/include/?$" ""
   NETCDF_LIB_HINT ${NETCDF_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 find_library (NETCDF_LIBRARY NAMES netcdf