diff --git a/cmake/std/atdm/ATDMDevEnvSettings.cmake b/cmake/std/atdm/ATDMDevEnvSettings.cmake
index 7332d6d20bf5..bf986b9946d0 100644
--- a/cmake/std/atdm/ATDMDevEnvSettings.cmake
+++ b/cmake/std/atdm/ATDMDevEnvSettings.cmake
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ IF (NOT "$ENV{ATDM_CONFIG_COMPLETED_ENV_SETUP}" STREQUAL "TRUE")
 ENDIF()
 
 ATDM_SET_ATDM_VAR_FROM_ENV_AND_DEFAULT(ENABLE_SPARC_SETTINGS OFF)
+ATDM_SET_ATDM_VAR_FROM_ENV_AND_DEFAULT(USE_SPARC_TPL_FIND_SETTINGS
+  ${ATDM_ENABLE_SPARC_SETTINGS})
 
 ASSERT_DEFINED(ENV{ATDM_CONFIG_JOB_NAME})
 
@@ -287,7 +289,7 @@ ATDM_SET_CACHE(CGNS_INCLUDE_DIRS "$ENV{CGNS_ROOT}/include" CACHE FILEPATH)
 ATDM_SET_CACHE(CGNS_LIBRARY_DIRS "$ENV{CGNS_ROOT}/lib" CACHE FILEPATH)
 
 # HDF5
-IF (ATDM_ENABLE_SPARC_SETTINGS)
+IF (ATDM_USE_SPARC_TPL_FIND_SETTINGS)
   # SPARC ATDM Trilinos configuration does not actually enable HDF5 TPL!
   ATDM_SET_ENABLE(TPL_ENABLE_HDF5 OFF)
 ELSE()
@@ -303,7 +305,7 @@ ENDIF()
 
 # Netcdf
 ATDM_SET_ENABLE(TPL_ENABLE_Netcdf ON)
-IF (ATDM_ENABLE_SPARC_SETTINGS)
+IF (ATDM_USE_SPARC_TPL_FIND_SETTINGS)
   # SPARC ATDM Trilinos configuration has SEACAS-customized FindNetCDF.cmake
   # module recurrsively find PNetCDF and HDF5 internally!
   ATDM_SET_CACHE(HDF5_ROOT "$ENV{HDF5_ROOT}" CACHE FILEPATH)
diff --git a/cmake/std/atdm/cee-rhel6/environment.sh b/cmake/std/atdm/cee-rhel6/environment.sh
index 65ef1bfb0c23..c387bc43254f 100755
--- a/cmake/std/atdm/cee-rhel6/environment.sh
+++ b/cmake/std/atdm/cee-rhel6/environment.sh
@@ -140,6 +140,13 @@ export ATDM_CONFIG_LAPACK_LIBS=${ATDM_CONFIG_BLAS_LIBS}
 # NOTE: HDF5_ROOT and NETCDF_ROOT should already be set in env from above
 # module loads!
 
+# Set the direct libs for HDF5 and NetCDF in case we use that option for
+# building (see env var ATDM_CONFIG_USE_SPARC_TPL_FIND_SETTINGS).
+
+export ATDM_CONFIG_HDF5_LIBS="-L${HDF5_ROOT}/lib;${HDF5_ROOT}/lib/libhdf5_hl.a;${HDF5_ROOT}/lib/libhdf5.a;-lz;-ldl"
+
+export ATDM_CONFIG_NETCDF_LIBS="-L${BOOST_ROOT}/lib;-L${NETCDF_ROOT}/lib;-L${NETCDF_ROOT}/lib;-L${SEMS_PNETCDF_ROOT}/lib;-L${HDF5_ROOT}/lib;${BOOST_ROOT}/lib/libboost_program_options.a;${BOOST_ROOT}/lib/libboost_system.a;${NETCDF_ROOT}/lib/libnetcdf.a;${PNETCDF_ROOT}/lib/libpnetcdf.a;${HDF5_ROOT}/lib/libhdf5_hl.a;${HDF5_ROOT}/lib/libhdf5.a;-lz;-ldl;-lcurl"
+
 export ATDM_CONFIG_MPI_PRE_FLAGS="--bind-to;none"
 
 export ATDM_CONFIG_COMPLETED_ENV_SETUP=TRUE