diff --git a/gnu/packages/glicid.scm b/gnu/packages/glicid.scm
index b261ab8..2397662 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/glicid.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/glicid.scm
@@ -698,6 +698,40 @@ in the @code{debug} output), and binutils.")))
   )
 )  
 
+(define-public glicid-specific-hdf5-parallel-openmpi
+  (package/inherit glicid-specific-hdf5                      ;use the latest
+    (name "glicid-specific-hdf5-parallel-openmpi")
+    (inputs
+     `(("mpi" ,glicid-specific-openmpi)
+       ,@(package-inputs hdf5)))
+    (arguments
+     (substitute-keyword-arguments (package-arguments glicid-specific-hdf5)
+       ((#:configure-flags flags)
+        ``("--enable-parallel"
+           ,@(delete "--enable-cxx"
+                     (delete "--enable-threadsafe" ,flags))))
+       ((#:phases phases)
+        `(modify-phases ,phases
+           (add-after 'build 'mpi-setup
+             ,%glicid-specific-openmpi-setup)
+           (add-before 'check 'patch-tests
+             (lambda _
+               ;; OpenMPI's mpirun will exit with non-zero status if it
+               ;; detects an "abnormal termination", i.e. any process not
+               ;; calling MPI_Finalize().  Since the test is explicitly
+               ;; avoiding MPI_Finalize so as not to have at_exit and thus
+               ;; H5C_flush_cache from being called, mpirun will always
+               ;; complain, so turn this test off.
+               (substitute* "testpar/Makefile"
+                 (("(^TEST_PROG_PARA.*)t_pflush1(.*)" front back)
+                  (string-append front back "\n")))
+               (substitute* "tools/test/h5diff/testph5diff.sh"
+                 (("/bin/sh") (which "sh")))
+               #t))))))
+    (synopsis "Management suite for data with parallel IO support")))
+
+
+
 (define-public glicid-specific-openblas
   (package
     (inherit openblas)