diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e1ecf7ffbd..3a644ef583 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1315,6 +1315,7 @@ CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(_filelengthi64 HAVE_FILE_LENGTH_I64)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(mmap HAVE_MMAP)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(mremap HAVE_MREMAP)
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(fileno HAVE_FILENO)
+CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(H5Literate2 HAVE_H5LITERATE2)
 
 CHECK_FUNCTION_EXISTS(clock_gettime  HAVE_CLOCK_GETTIME)
 CHECK_SYMBOL_EXISTS("struct timespec" "time.h" HAVE_STRUCT_TIMESPEC)