diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b658f2ecbf7bde9aa6a78d3cef67882cb24c440..af336c4838731daadf8460ae3722dd550254cb34 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ find_package(netCDF 4.0 REQUIRED)
 
 if (TARGET netCDF::netcdf)
   message(DEBUG "Checking for netCDF_HAS_NC4 flag equal 'yes' : flag is: ${netCDF_HAS_NC4}")
-  list(APPEND cdo_compile_defintions HVAE_NETCDF=${netCDF_FOUND})
+  list(APPEND cdo_compile_defintions HAVE_NETCDF=${netCDF_FOUND})
 else()
   message(WARNING "Netcdf not found, compiling without netcdf")
 endif ()