how about now ?

cmake/FindMOAB.cmake

@@ -10,18 +10,49 @@ find_path(MOAB_CMAKE_CONFIG
   PATHS ${MOAB_SEARCH_DIRS}
   NO_DEFAULT_PATH
 )
-if (MOAB_CMAKE_CONFIG)
+
+# First check if we are forcing the download of MOAB
+if (PULL_INSTALL_MOAB)
+  if(DAGMC_BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "PULL_INSTALL_MOAB is ONLY compatible with shared libraries.")
+  endif()
+  if(NOT MOAB_VERSION)
+    set(MOAB_VERSION "5.5.1")
+  endif()
+  include(MOAB_PullAndMake)
+  moab_pull_make(${MOAB_VERSION})
+
+# Back to normal behavior
+elseif (MOAB_CMAKE_CONFIG)
   set(MOAB_CMAKE_CONFIG ${MOAB_CMAKE_CONFIG}/MOABConfig.cmake)
+  include(${MOAB_CMAKE_CONFIG})
   message(STATUS "MOAB_CMAKE_CONFIG: ${MOAB_CMAKE_CONFIG}")
 else ()
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find MOAB. Set -DMOAB_DIR=<MOAB_DIR> when running cmake or use the $MOAB_DIR environment variable.")
 endif ()
 
 # Find HDF5
-include(${MOAB_CMAKE_CONFIG})
-include(HDF5_macro)
-find_set_HDF5()
+set(ENV{PATH} "${HDF5_DIR}:$ENV{PATH}")
+set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
+find_package(HDF5 REQUIRED)
+# Remove HDF5 transitive dependencies that are system libraries
+list(FILTER HDF5_LIBRARIES EXCLUDE REGEX ".*lib(pthread|dl|m).*")
+set(HDF5_LIBRARIES_SHARED ${HDF5_LIBRARIES})
+# CMake doesn't let you find_package(HDF5) twice so we have to do this instead
+if (BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
+  string(REPLACE ${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} ${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}
+         HDF5_LIBRARIES_STATIC "${HDF5_LIBRARIES_SHARED}")
+endif ()
+if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  set(HDF5_LIBRARIES_SHARED)
+endif ()
+set(HDF5_LIBRARIES)
+
+message(STATUS "HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS: ${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+message(STATUS "HDF5_LIBRARIES_SHARED: ${HDF5_LIBRARIES_SHARED}")
+message(STATUS "HDF5_LIBRARIES_STATIC: ${HDF5_LIBRARIES_STATIC}")
 
+include_directories(${HDF5_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 if(MSVC)
     set(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS TRUE)
     set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
@@ -53,7 +84,9 @@ message(STATUS "MOAB_LIBRARY_DIRS: ${MOAB_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
 message(STATUS "MOAB_LIBRARIES_SHARED: ${MOAB_LIBRARIES_SHARED}")
 message(STATUS "MOAB_LIBRARIES_STATIC: ${MOAB_LIBRARIES_STATIC}")
 
-if (MOAB_INCLUDE_DIRS AND (MOAB_LIBRARIES_SHARED OR NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS) AND
+if(PULL_INSTALL_MOAB)
+  message(STATUS "MOAB will be downloaded and built at make time")
+elseif (MOAB_INCLUDE_DIRS AND (MOAB_LIBRARIES_SHARED OR NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS) AND
     (MOAB_LIBRARIES_STATIC OR NOT BUILD_STATIC_LIBS))
   message(STATUS "Found MOAB")
 else ()

cmake/MOAB_PullAndMake.cmake

@@ -74,11 +74,6 @@ MACRO (moab_pull_make)
   MESSAGE(STATUS "MOAB_LIBRARIES_SHARED: ${MOAB_LIBRARIES_SHARED}")
 
   INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${MOAB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  IF (MOAB_INCLUDE_DIRS AND (MOAB_LIBRARIES_SHARED))
-  MESSAGE(STATUS "MOAB Will be installed.")
-  ELSE ()
-  MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not set MOAB for installation and compilation.")
-    ENDIF ()
 
 ENDMACRO(moab_pull_make)