diff --git a/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index a011bdb33b33634c4205f17bb19e697b6cf81300..96815a147a4d67711b86b84fd58ee115d4b03ecd 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ if(OGS_USE_XDMF)
         set(HDF5_INCLUDE_DIR ${HDF5_SOURCE_DIR})
     endif()
 
+    set(XDMF_LIBNAME OgsXdmf CACHE STRING "")
     CPMAddPackage(
         NAME xdmf
         VERSION 3.0.0