diff --git a/lib/installer.py b/lib/installer.py
index 5143d81..2631f0b 100644
--- a/lib/installer.py
+++ b/lib/installer.py
@@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ def install_lib(lib, src_dir, work_dir, inst_dir, comp_cc, comp_cxx, comp_fc, bu
         shared_option = ""
     config_command = lib['configure'].replace("$PREFIX", inst_dir).replace("$SHARED",shared_option)
 
+    # TODO: THIS IS UGLY AND NEED TO BE MOVED TO EITHER LIB OR COMPILER CONFIGURATION
+    # workaround for bad autotools reconization of flang
+    if lib_name == "hdf5" and "aocc" in inst_dir:
+        config_command = config_command + " FCFLAGS=-fPIC"
+
     if verbose:
         print(underlined("\nConfiguring Library"))
     else:
@@ -62,6 +67,11 @@ def install_lib(lib, src_dir, work_dir, inst_dir, comp_cc, comp_cxx, comp_fc, bu
         print("See "+logfile_path+" for details")
         sys.exit(1)
 
+    # TODO: THIS IS UGLY AND NEED TO BE MOVED TO EITHER LIB OR COMPILER CONFIGURATION
+    # workaround for bad autotools reconization of flang
+    if lib_name == "hdf5" and "aocc" in inst_dir:
+        err = subprocess.call("sed -i -e 's/wl=\"\"/wl=\"-Wl,\"/g' libtool", shell=True)
+
     # build library
     build_command = lib['build'].replace("$BUILDTHREADS", build_threads)
     if verbose: