diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index f0e504ff014f..dcba004aab29 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -1251,6 +1251,12 @@ let
 
   hdf5 = callPackage ../tools/misc/hdf5 {
     szip = null;
+    mpi = null;
+  };
+
+  hdf5-mpi = hdf5.override {
+    szip = null;
+    mpi = pkgs.openmpi;
   };
 
   heimdall = callPackage ../tools/misc/heimdall { };