diff --git a/scripts/custom/install_vtk.sh b/scripts/custom/install_vtk.sh
index 4e93f61..0b99f9a 100755
--- a/scripts/custom/install_vtk.sh
+++ b/scripts/custom/install_vtk.sh
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ cmake \
     -DVTK_MODULE_USE_EXTERNAL_VTK_tiff=ON \
     -DVTK_MODULE_USE_EXTERNAL_VTK_utf8=ON \
     -DVTK_MODULE_USE_EXTERNAL_VTK_zlib=ON \
+    -DHDF5_IS_PARALLEL=ON \
     ${src_dir} && \
 make -j ${parallel} && \
 make install