diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/netcdf4/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/netcdf4/default.nix
index d3a1cfe3907c..db31e177586a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/netcdf4/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/netcdf4/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPyPy, pytest
+{ stdenv, lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, isPyPy, pytest
 , numpy, zlib, netcdf, hdf5, curl, libjpeg, cython, cftime
 }:
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
 
   # Variables used to configure the build process
   USE_NCCONFIG="0";
-  HDF5_DIR=hdf5;
+  HDF5_DIR = lib.getDev hdf5;
   NETCDF4_DIR=netcdf;
   CURL_DIR=curl.dev;
   JPEG_DIR=libjpeg.dev;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tables/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tables/default.nix
index 7b1b4f7c36f3..b366a8311746 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/tables/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/tables/default.nix
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchPypi, python, buildPythonPackage
+{ stdenv, lib, fetchPypi, python, buildPythonPackage
 , cython, bzip2, lzo, numpy, numexpr, hdf5, six, c-blosc, mock }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   # The setup script complains about missing run-paths, but they are
   # actually set.
   setupPyBuildFlags =
-    [ "--hdf5=${hdf5}"
+    [ "--hdf5=${lib.getDev hdf5}"
       "--lzo=${lzo}"
       "--bzip2=${bzip2.dev}"
       "--blosc=${c-blosc}"
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
index 3296c0a4f928..332938601901 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/misc/hdf5/default.nix
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   postInstall = ''
     find "$out" -type f -exec remove-references-to -t ${stdenv.cc} '{}' +
-    moveToOutput bin/h5cc "''${!outputDev}"
+    moveToOutput 'bin/h5cc' "''${!outputDev}"
+    moveToOutput 'bin/h5c++' "''${!outputDev}"
+    moveToOutput 'bin/h5fc' "''${!outputDev}"
+    moveToOutput 'bin/h5pcc' "''${!outputDev}"
   '';
 
   meta = {