diff --git a/tools/singularity/centos7.def b/tools/singularity/centos7.def
index fd9d136139..20f59c6ae3 100644
--- a/tools/singularity/centos7.def
+++ b/tools/singularity/centos7.def
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ From: centos:7
             make cmake cmake3 ninja-build patch which file git Lmod \
             libpng-devel libjpeg-devel openmpi-devel mpich-devel python-devel python36-devel \
             hdf5-devel python36-virtualenv python36-pip python-pip \
+            netcdf-devel netcdf-cxx-devel netcdf-mpich-devel netcdf-openmpi-devel \
             python-virtualenv fftw-devel voro++-devel eigen3-devel gsl-devel openblas-devel enchant
         yum clean all
 
diff --git a/tools/singularity/centos8.def b/tools/singularity/centos8.def
index c74770c26e..ca9e17126a 100644
--- a/tools/singularity/centos8.def
+++ b/tools/singularity/centos8.def
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ From: centos:8
                ccache gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran clang gdb valgrind libubsan libasan libtsan \
                eigen3-devel openblas-devel libpng-devel libjpeg-devel platform-python-devel \
                openmpi-devel mpich-devel fftw-devel voro++-devel gsl-devel hdf5-devel \
+               netcdf-devel netcdf-cxx-devel netcdf-mpich-devel netcdf-openmpi-devel \
                enchant python3-virtualenv doxygen \
                texlive-latex-fonts texlive-pslatex texlive-collection-latexrecommended \
                texlive-latex texlive-latexconfig doxygen-latex texlive-collection-latex \
diff --git a/tools/singularity/fedora30_mingw.def b/tools/singularity/fedora30_mingw.def
index 75452a0ccd..5b1c409b78 100644
--- a/tools/singularity/fedora30_mingw.def
+++ b/tools/singularity/fedora30_mingw.def
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ From: fedora:30
                ninja-build clang libomp-devel libubsan libasan libtsan \
                dos2unix findutils rsync python-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel \
                ccache gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran gdb valgrind eigen3-devel openblas-devel \
-               openmpi-devel mpich-devel fftw-devel voro++-devel gsl-devel \
+               openmpi-devel mpich-devel fftw-devel voro++-devel gsl-devel hdf5-devel \
+               netcdf-devel netcdf-cxx-devel netcdf-mpich-devel netcdf-openmpi-devel \
                mingw-filesystem-base mingw32-nsis mingw-binutils-generic \
                mingw32-filesystem mingw32-pkg-config \
                mingw64-filesystem mingw64-pkg-config \
diff --git a/tools/singularity/fedora32_mingw.def b/tools/singularity/fedora32_mingw.def
index 8fdd9107fd..2d9eebdda5 100644
--- a/tools/singularity/fedora32_mingw.def
+++ b/tools/singularity/fedora32_mingw.def
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ From: fedora:32
                ninja-build clang libomp-devel libubsan libasan libtsan \
                dos2unix findutils rsync python-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel \
                ccache gcc-c++ gcc-gfortran gdb valgrind eigen3-devel openblas-devel \
-               openmpi-devel mpich-devel fftw-devel voro++-devel gsl-devel \
+               openmpi-devel mpich-devel fftw-devel voro++-devel gsl-devel hdf5-devel \
+               netcdf-devel netcdf-cxx-devel netcdf-mpich-devel netcdf-openmpi-devel \
                mingw-filesystem-base mingw32-nsis mingw-binutils-generic \
                mingw32-filesystem mingw32-pkg-config \
                mingw64-filesystem mingw64-pkg-config \
diff --git a/tools/singularity/ubuntu18.04.def b/tools/singularity/ubuntu18.04.def
index 832f8e129f..8a4031d555 100644
--- a/tools/singularity/ubuntu18.04.def
+++ b/tools/singularity/ubuntu18.04.def
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ From: ubuntu:18.04
         libhwloc-dev \
         libjpeg-dev \
         liblapack-dev \
+        libnetcdf-dev \
         libomp-dev \
         libopenblas-dev \
         libnuma-dev \