diff --git a/recipes/hdf5/bld.bat b/recipes/hdf5/bld.bat
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..546e5dfad3dda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/hdf5/bld.bat
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+mkdir build
+cd build
+
+REM set environement variables
+set HDF5_EXT_ZLIB=zlib.lib
+
+REM configure step
+cmake -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=RELEASE -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=%LIBRARY_PREFIX% -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=%LIBRARY_PREFIX% -DHDF5_BUILD_CPP_LIB=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON -DHDF5_BUILD_HL_LIB=ON -DHDF5_BUILD_TOOLS:BOOL=ON -DHDF5_ENABLE_Z_LIB_SUPPORT:BOOL=ON %SRC_DIR%
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+REM Build C libraries and tools
+nmake
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
+
+REM Install step
+nmake install
+if errorlevel 1 exit 1
diff --git a/recipes/hdf5/build.sh b/recipes/hdf5/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b443db2a3a19f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/hdf5/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+./configure --prefix=$PREFIX \
+    --enable-linux-lfs --with-zlib \
+    --with-pthread=yes  --enable-cxx --with-default-plugindir=$PREFIX/lib/hdf5/plugin
+
+make
+make check
+make install
+
+rm -rf $PREFIX/share/hdf5_examples
diff --git a/recipes/hdf5/meta.yaml b/recipes/hdf5/meta.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..51517ebc8cb14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/hdf5/meta.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+{% set version = "1.8.16" %}
+
+package:
+  name: hdf5
+  version: {{ version }}
+
+source:
+  fn: hdf5-{{version}}.tar.gz
+  url: http://www.hdfgroup.org/ftp/HDF5/current/src/hdf5-{{version}}.tar.gz
+  md5: b8ed9a36ae142317f88b0c7ef4b9c618
+  patches:
+    - test_Makefile.in.patch
+
+build:
+  features:
+    - vc9     # [win and py27]
+    - vc10    # [win and py34]
+    - vc14    # [win and py35]
+  detect_binary_files_with_prefix: True
+
+requirements:
+  build:
+    - python    # [win]
+    - cmake >=3.1
+    - zlib
+  run:
+    - zlib
+
+about:
+  home: http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/
+  license: HDF5
+  license_family: BSD
+  license_file: COPYING
+  summary: HDF5 is a data model, library, and file format for storing and managing data
+
+extra:
+  recipe-maintainers:
+    - jakirkham
+    - rgrout
diff --git a/recipes/hdf5/test_Makefile.in.patch b/recipes/hdf5/test_Makefile.in.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb5fc22eab625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/hdf5/test_Makefile.in.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git test/Makefile.in test/Makefile.in
+index 02ab570..f2b9889 100644
+--- test/Makefile.in
++++ test/Makefile.in
+@@ -1071,7 +1071,7 @@ check_SCRIPTS = $(TEST_SCRIPT)
+ # These tests (fheap, btree2) are under development and are not used by
+ # the library yet. Move them to the end so that their failure do not block
+ # other current library code tests.
+-TEST_PROG = testhdf5 lheap ohdr stab gheap cache cache_api \
++TEST_PROG = testhdf5 lheap ohdr stab gheap cache_api \
+            pool accum hyperslab istore bittests dt_arith \
+            dtypes dsets cmpd_dset filter_fail extend external efc objcopy links unlink \
+            big mtime fillval mount flush1 flush2 app_ref enum \