diff --git a/.github/workflows/Linux_options.yml b/.github/workflows/Linux_options.yml
index debbad55..c646aae9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Linux_options.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Linux_options.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ jobs:
         - {
             options: "-DUSE_AEC=ON"
           }
+        - { 
+            options: "-DUSE_NETCDF4=ON"
+          }
           
     steps:
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 121feb66..ee45764a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ FILE(WRITE "wgrib2/config.h" "/* config.h generated by cmake */\n")
 FILE(APPEND "wgrib2/config.h" "#ifndef _CONFIG_H\n")
 FILE(APPEND "wgrib2/config.h" "#define _CONFIG_H\n")
 
-FOREACH(var IN ITEMS USE_NETCDF3 USE_NETCDF4 USE_HDF5 USE_REGEX USE_TIGGE USE_MYSQL
+FOREACH(var IN ITEMS USE_NETCDF3 USE_REGEX USE_TIGGE USE_MYSQL
    USE_IPOLATES USE_UDF USE_OPENMP USE_PROJ4 USE_WMO_VALIDATION DISABLE_TIMEZONE
    DISABLE_ALARM USE_NAMES USE_G2CLIB USE_PNG USE_JASPER USE_OPENJPEG MAKE_FTN_API USE_AEC BUILD_COMMENTS)
 
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index be697549..dce8d33d 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -91,12 +91,21 @@ copy_test_data(ref_wind.gdas.t12z.pgrb2.1p00.anl.75r.grib2.inv)
 copy_test_data(ref_uv.gdas.t12z.pgrb2.1p00.anl.75r.grib2.inv)
 copy_test_data(ref_grid.gdaswave.t00z.wcoast.0p16.f000.grib2.txt)
 
+
 # Run these shell tests.
 shell_test(run_wgrib2_tests)
 
+if (USE_NETCDF4)
+  shell_test(run_wgrib2_netcdf4_tests)
+endif()
+if (USE_NETCDF3)
+  shell_test(run_wgrib2_netcdf3_tests)
+endif()
+
 if (USE_AEC)
   shell_test(run_wgrib2_aec_tests)
 endif()
+
 if (FTP_TEST_FILES)
   shell_test(run_wgrib2_ftp_tests)
 endif()
diff --git a/tests/run_wgrib2_netcdf3_tests.sh b/tests/run_wgrib2_netcdf3_tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9618c455
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run_wgrib2_netcdf3_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# This checks the use of AEC compression, only available if USE_NETCDF4 is turned on in CMake.
+#
+# Alyson Stahl, 4/22/24
+
+set -e 
+set -x
+
+# make template
+../wgrib2/wgrib2 data/tmp_int.grb -rpn 0 -grib_out junk.template
+
+# make netcdf file
+../wgrib2/wgrib2 data/tmp_int.grb -nc3 -netcdf junk.nc
+
+# convert netcdf to grb
+../wgrib2/wgrib2 junk.template -import_netcdf junk.nc TMP_500mb "0:1:0:181:0:360" -grib_out junk.grb
+
+n=`../wgrib2/wgrib2 data/tmp_int.grb -var -lev -rpn "sto_1" -import_grib junk.grb -rpn "rcl_1:print_rms" | \
+grep -v ":rpn=0:" | wc -l`
+
+rm junk.grb junk.nc junk.template
+if [ "$n" -eq 1 ] ; then
+  echo "success"
+  exit 0
+else
+  exit 1
+fi
+
diff --git a/tests/run_wgrib2_netcdf4_tests.sh b/tests/run_wgrib2_netcdf4_tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ce8e5478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/run_wgrib2_netcdf4_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# This checks the use of AEC compression, only available if USE_NETCDF4 is turned on in CMake.
+#
+# Alyson Stahl, 4/22/24
+
+set -e 
+set -x
+
+# make template
+../wgrib2/wgrib2 data/tmp_int.grb -rpn 0 -grib_out junk.template
+
+# make netcdf file
+../wgrib2/wgrib2 data/tmp_int.grb -nc4 -netcdf junk.nc
+
+# convert netcdf to grb
+../wgrib2/wgrib2 junk.template -import_netcdf junk.nc TMP_500mb "0:1:0:181:0:360" -grib_out junk.grb
+
+n=`../wgrib2/wgrib2 data/tmp_int.grb -var -lev -rpn "sto_1" -import_grib junk.grb -rpn "rcl_1:print_rms" | \
+grep -v ":rpn=0:" | wc -l`
+
+rm junk.grb junk.nc junk.template
+if [ "$n" -eq 1 ] ; then
+  echo "success"
+  exit 0
+else
+  exit 1
+fi
+
diff --git a/wgrib2/Config.c b/wgrib2/Config.c
index 7e55577b..eface0f8 100644
--- a/wgrib2/Config.c
+++ b/wgrib2/Config.c
@@ -46,10 +46,10 @@ int f_config(ARG0) {
 #else
     strcat(inv_out, "Netcdf package is not installed\n");
 #endif
-#if defined USE_NETCDF4
-    strcat(inv_out, "netcdf4: " USE_NETCDF4 "\n");
-    strcat(inv_out, "hdf5: " USE_HDF5 "\n");
-#endif
+//#if defined USE_NETCDF4
+//    strcat(inv_out, "netcdf4: " USE_NETCDF4 "\n");
+//    strcat(inv_out, "hdf5: " USE_HDF5 "\n");
+//#endif
 #ifdef USE_AEC
     strcat(inv_out, USE_AEC " is installed\n" );
 #endif