diff --git a/ports/netcdf-c/CONTROL b/ports/netcdf-c/CONTROL
index 1d5b7cb90..d277cd975 100644
--- a/ports/netcdf-c/CONTROL
+++ b/ports/netcdf-c/CONTROL
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Source: netcdf-c
-Version: 4.7.3
+Version: 4.7.3-1
 Build-Depends: hdf5, curl
 Homepage: https://github.com/Unidata/netcdf-c
 Description: a set of self-describing, machine-independent data formats that support the creation, access, and sharing of array-oriented scientific data.
diff --git a/ports/netcdf-c/mpi.patch b/ports/netcdf-c/mpi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64027e65c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ports/netcdf-c/mpi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 101f97719..b070121b8 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -1004,6 +1004,8 @@ IF(ENABLE_PARALLEL4 AND ENABLE_NETCDF_4)
+     IF(MSVC)
+       FIND_PACKAGE(MPI REQUIRED)
+       INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH})
++      list(APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES MPI::MPI_C)
++      list(APPEND EXTRA_DEPS MPI::MPI_C)
+     ENDIF()
+     SET(HDF5_PARALLEL ON CACHE BOOL "")
+     SET(USE_PARALLEL ON CACHE BOOL "")
+
diff --git a/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake b/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake
index 61dd1d885..d1af9d9f1 100644
--- a/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake
+++ b/ports/netcdf-c/portfile.cmake
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ vcpkg_from_github(
         no-install-deps.patch
         config-pkg-location.patch
         use_targets.patch
+        mpi.patch
 )
 
 #Remove outdated find modules