diff --git a/CONFIG b/CONFIG
index 3746edc9e..e2d81a9a7 100644
--- a/CONFIG
+++ b/CONFIG
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ set DAMASK_BIN            = ${DAMASK_ROOT}/bin
 set DAMASK_NUM_THREADS    = 4
 
 set MSC_ROOT              = /opt/msc
-set MARC_VERSION          = 2017
+set MARC_VERSION          = 2018.1
 
 set ABAQUS_VERSION        = 2018.1
+
+set DAMASK_HDF5           = OFF
diff --git a/installation/mods_MarcMentat/2018.1/Marc_tools/include_linux64 b/installation/mods_MarcMentat/2018.1/Marc_tools/include_linux64
index 36aee4d6b..22b306cb1 100644
--- a/installation/mods_MarcMentat/2018.1/Marc_tools/include_linux64
+++ b/installation/mods_MarcMentat/2018.1/Marc_tools/include_linux64
@@ -535,16 +535,23 @@ else
   DAMASKVERSION="'N/A'"
 fi
 
+if test "$DAMASK_HDF5" = "ON";then
+  DFCOMP="$(h5fc -show) -DDAMASKHDF5"
+else
+  DFCOMP=$FCOMP
+fi
+
+#
 # DAMASK compiler calls: additional flags are in line 2 OpenMP flags in line 3
-DFORTLOWMP="$FCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  -O0 $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
+DFORTLOWMP="$DFCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  -O0 $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
  -fpp -ftz -diag-disable 5268 -warn declarations -warn general -warn usage -warn interfaces -warn ignore_loc -warn alignments -DMarc4DAMASK=2018.1 -DDAMASKVERSION=$DAMASKVERSION \
  -qopenmp -qopenmp-threadprivate=compat\
   $MUMPS_INCLUDE $I8DEFINES -DLinux -DLINUX -DLinux_intel $FDEFINES $DDM $SOLVERFLAGS -I$KDTREE2_MOD"
-DFORTRANMP="$FCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  -O1 $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
+DFORTRANMP="$DFCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  -O1 $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
  -fpp -ftz -diag-disable 5268 -warn declarations -warn general -warn usage -warn interfaces -warn ignore_loc -warn alignments -DMarc4DAMASK=2018.1 -DDAMASKVERSION=$DAMASKVERSION \
  -qopenmp -qopenmp-threadprivate=compat\
   $MUMPS_INCLUDE $I8DEFINES -DLinux -DLINUX -DLinux_intel $FDEFINES $DDM $SOLVERFLAGS -I$KDTREE2_MOD"
-DFORTHIGHMP="$FCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  -fno-alias -O2 $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
+DFORTHIGHMP="$DFCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  -fno-alias -O2 $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
  -fpp -ftz -diag-disable 5268 -warn declarations -warn general -warn usage -warn interfaces -warn ignore_loc -warn alignments -DMarc4DAMASK=2018.1 -DDAMASKVERSION=$DAMASKVERSION \
  -qopenmp -qopenmp-threadprivate=compat\
   $MUMPS_INCLUDE $I8DEFINES -DLinux -DLINUX -DLinux_intel $FDEFINES $DDM $SOLVERFLAGS -I$KDTREE2_MOD"
@@ -563,15 +570,15 @@ then
 fi
 
       # DAMASK compiler calls: additional flags are in line 2 OpenMP flags in line 3
-  DFORTLOWMP="$FCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
+  DFORTLOWMP="$DFCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
    -fpp -ftz -diag-disable 5268 -warn declarations -warn general -warn usage -warn interfaces -warn ignore_loc -warn alignments -DMarc4DAMASK=2018.1 -DDAMASKVERSION=$DAMASKVERSION \
    -qopenmp -qopenmp-threadprivate=compat\
     $MUMPS_INCLUDE $I8DEFINES -DLinux -DLINUX -DLinux_intel $FDEFINES $DDM $SOLVERFLAGS -I$KDTREE2_MOD"
-  DFORTRANMP="$FCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
+  DFORTRANMP="$DFCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
    -fpp -ftz -diag-disable 5268 -warn declarations -warn general -warn usage -warn interfaces -warn ignore_loc -warn alignments -DMarc4DAMASK=2018.1 -DDAMASKVERSION=$DAMASKVERSION \
    -qopenmp -qopenmp-threadprivate=compat\
     $MUMPS_INCLUDE $I8DEFINES  -DLinux -DLINUX -DLinux_intel $FDEFINES $DDM $SOLVERFLAGS -I$KDTREE2_MOD"
-  DFORTHIGHMP="$FCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  -fno-alias $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
+  DFORTHIGHMP="$DFCOMP -c -implicitnone -stand f08 -standard-semantics -assume nostd_mod_proc_name -safe_cray_ptr $PROFILE -zero -mp1 -WB  -fno-alias $I8FFLAGS -I$MARC_SOURCE/common \
    -fpp -ftz -diag-disable 5268 -warn declarations -warn general -warn usage -warn interfaces -warn ignore_loc -warn alignments -DMarc4DAMASK=2018.1 -DDAMASKVERSION=$DAMASKVERSION \
    -qopenmp -qopenmp-threadprivate=compat\
     $MUMPS_INCLUDE $I8DEFINES -DLinux -DLINUX -DLinux_intel $FDEFINES $DDM $SOLVERFLAGS -I$KDTREE2_MOD"
diff --git a/src/commercialFEM_fileList.f90 b/src/commercialFEM_fileList.f90
index 0d4b55255..36f0244ef 100644
--- a/src/commercialFEM_fileList.f90
+++ b/src/commercialFEM_fileList.f90
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 !> @details List of files needed by MSC.Marc, Abaqus/Explicit, and Abaqus/Standard
 !--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #include "IO.f90"
+#ifdef DAMASKHDF5
+#include "HDF5_utilities.f90"
+#endif
 #include "numerics.f90"
 #include "debug.f90"
 #include "config.f90"