diff --git a/packages/lxelsim/package.py b/packages/lxelsim/package.py
index ccf369c..17a14f4 100644
--- a/packages/lxelsim/package.py
+++ b/packages/lxelsim/package.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class Lxelsim(CMakePackage, Key4hepPackage):
     depends_on('geant4')
     depends_on('doxygen')
     depends_on('glib')
-    depends_on('hdf5')
+    depends_on('hdf5 +cxx +hl')
 
     def cmake_args(self):
         args = []