diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index a441e01..47f43df 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ steps: &steps
         keys:
           - cache-{{ .Environment.CIRCLE_JOB }}
     - checkout
+    - run:
+        name: Install libraries
+        command: apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libhdf5-dev
     - run:
         name: Install package dependencies
         command: R -e "devtools::install_deps(dep = TRUE)"