diff -Nru pytables-3.1.1/debian/changelog pytables-3.1.1/debian/changelog
--- pytables-3.1.1/debian/changelog	2014-04-14 19:21:09.000000000 +0200
+++ pytables-3.1.1/debian/changelog	2014-07-26 14:21:00.000000000 +0200
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+pytables (3.1.1-1.1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+  * Non-maintainer upload.
+  * Support hdf5 1.8.13 new packaging layout.
+
+ -- Gilles Filippini <pini@debian.org>  Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:21:00 +0200
+
 pytables (3.1.1-1) unstable; urgency=medium
 
   * New upstream release
diff -Nru pytables-3.1.1/debian/rules pytables-3.1.1/debian/rules
--- pytables-3.1.1/debian/rules	2014-04-14 19:21:09.000000000 +0200
+++ pytables-3.1.1/debian/rules	2014-07-31 15:19:21.000000000 +0200
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
 export CFLAGS ?= -O0
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(wildcard /usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/hdf5/serial/libhdf5.so),)
+  export HDF5_DIR := /usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/hdf5/serial
+endif
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --with python2,python3,sphinxdoc --buildsystem=python_distutils