diff --git a/include/netCDF4.pxi b/include/netCDF4.pxi
index 86e309839..864436a0d 100644
--- a/include/netCDF4.pxi
+++ b/include/netCDF4.pxi
@@ -368,6 +368,7 @@ cdef extern from "netcdf.h":
     int nc_inq_enum_ident(int ncid, nc_type xtype, long long value, char *identifier) nogil
 
 
+
 IF HAS_QUANTIZATION_SUPPORT:
     cdef extern from "netcdf.h":
         cdef enum:
@@ -377,6 +378,8 @@ IF HAS_QUANTIZATION_SUPPORT:
             NC_QUANTIZE_BITROUND
         int nc_def_var_quantize(int ncid, int varid, int quantize_mode, int nsd) nogil
         int nc_inq_var_quantize(int ncid, int varid, int *quantize_modep, int *nsdp) nogil
+
+IF HAS_NCFILTER:
     cdef extern from "netcdf_filter.h":
         int nc_inq_filter_avail(int ncid, unsigned filterid) nogil
 
@@ -388,8 +391,6 @@ IF HAS_SZIP_SUPPORT:
         int nc_inq_var_quantize(int ncid, int varid, int *quantize_modep, int *nsdp) nogil
         int nc_def_var_szip(int ncid, int varid, int options_mask, int pixels_per_bloc) nogil
         int nc_inq_var_szip(int ncid, int varid, int *options_maskp, int *pixels_per_blockp) nogil
-    cdef extern from "netcdf_filter.h":
-        int nc_inq_filter_avail(int ncid, unsigned filterid) nogil
 
 IF HAS_ZSTANDARD_SUPPORT:
     cdef extern from "netcdf_filter.h":
@@ -397,7 +398,6 @@ IF HAS_ZSTANDARD_SUPPORT:
             H5Z_FILTER_ZSTD
         int nc_def_var_zstandard(int ncid, int varid, int level) nogil
         int nc_inq_var_zstandard(int ncid, int varid, int* hasfilterp, int *levelp) nogil
-        int nc_inq_filter_avail(int ncid, unsigned id) nogil
 
 IF HAS_BZIP2_SUPPORT:
     cdef extern from "netcdf_filter.h":
@@ -405,7 +405,6 @@ IF HAS_BZIP2_SUPPORT:
             H5Z_FILTER_BZIP2
         int nc_def_var_bzip2(int ncid, int varid, int level) nogil
         int nc_inq_var_bzip2(int ncid, int varid, int* hasfilterp, int *levelp) nogil
-        int nc_inq_filter_avail(int ncid, unsigned filterid) nogil
 
 IF HAS_BLOSC_SUPPORT:
     cdef extern from "netcdf_filter.h":
@@ -413,7 +412,6 @@ IF HAS_BLOSC_SUPPORT:
             H5Z_FILTER_BLOSC
         int nc_def_var_blosc(int ncid, int varid, unsigned subcompressor, unsigned level, unsigned blocksize, unsigned addshuffle) nogil
         int nc_inq_var_blosc(int ncid, int varid, int* hasfilterp, unsigned* subcompressorp, unsigned* levelp, unsigned* blocksizep, unsigned* addshufflep) nogil
-        int nc_inq_filter_avail(int ncid, unsigned filterid) nogil
 
 IF HAS_NC_OPEN_MEM:
     cdef extern from "netcdf_mem.h":
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 87ba082e9..b1e941a96 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ def check_api(inc_dirs,netcdf_lib_version):
     has_zstandard = False
     has_bzip2 = False
     has_blosc = False
+    has_ncfilter = False
     has_set_alignment = False
 
     for d in inc_dirs:
@@ -116,6 +117,8 @@ def check_api(inc_dirs,netcdf_lib_version):
                     has_bzip2 = True
                 if line.startswith('EXTERNL int nc_def_var_blosc'):
                     has_blosc = True
+                if line.startswith('EXTERNL int nc_inq_filter_avail'):
+                    has_ncfilter = True
 
         ncmetapath = os.path.join(d,'netcdf_meta.h')
         if os.path.exists(ncmetapath):
@@ -143,7 +146,7 @@ def check_api(inc_dirs,netcdf_lib_version):
     return has_rename_grp, has_nc_inq_path, has_nc_inq_format_extended, \
            has_cdf5_format, has_nc_open_mem, has_nc_create_mem, \
            has_parallel4_support, has_pnetcdf_support, has_szip_support, has_quantize, \
-           has_zstandard, has_bzip2, has_blosc, has_set_alignment
+           has_zstandard, has_bzip2, has_blosc, has_set_alignment, has_ncfilter
 
 
 def getnetcdfvers(libdirs):
@@ -557,7 +560,7 @@ def _populate_hdf5_info(dirstosearch, inc_dirs, libs, lib_dirs):
     has_rename_grp, has_nc_inq_path, has_nc_inq_format_extended, \
     has_cdf5_format, has_nc_open_mem, has_nc_create_mem, \
     has_parallel4_support, has_pnetcdf_support, has_szip_support, has_quantize, \
-    has_zstandard, has_bzip2, has_blosc, has_set_alignment = \
+    has_zstandard, has_bzip2, has_blosc, has_set_alignment, has_ncfilter = \
     check_api(inc_dirs,netcdf_lib_version)
     # for netcdf 4.4.x CDF5 format is always enabled.
     if netcdf_lib_version is not None and\
@@ -671,6 +674,13 @@ def _populate_hdf5_info(dirstosearch, inc_dirs, libs, lib_dirs):
         sys.stdout.write('netcdf lib does not have nc_set_alignment function\n')
         f.write('DEF HAS_SET_ALIGNMENT = 0\n')
 
+    if has_blosc:
+        sys.stdout.write('netcdf lib has nc_inq_filter_avail function\n')
+        f.write('DEF HAS_NCFILTER = 1\n')
+    else:
+        sys.stdout.write('netcdf lib does not have nc_inq_filter_avail function\n')
+        f.write('DEF HAS_NCFILTER = 0\n')
+
     f.close()
 
     if has_parallel4_support or has_pnetcdf_support:
diff --git a/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx b/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx
index 29852a65d..aa64adde1 100644
--- a/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx
+++ b/src/netCDF4/_netCDF4.pyx
@@ -3543,15 +3543,21 @@ returns True if bzip2 compression filter is available"""
 **`has_szip_filter(self)`**
 returns True if szip compression filter is available"""
         cdef int ierr
-        IF HAS_SZIP_SUPPORT:
-            with nogil:
-                ierr = nc_inq_filter_avail(self._grpid, H5Z_FILTER_SZIP)
-            if ierr:
+        IF HAS_NCFILTER:
+            IF HAS_SZIP_SUPPORT:
+                with nogil:
+                    ierr = nc_inq_filter_avail(self._grpid, H5Z_FILTER_SZIP)
+                if ierr:
+                    return False
+                else:
+                    return True
+            ELSE:
                 return False
-            else:
+       ELSE:
+            IF HAS_SZIP_SUPPORT:
                 return True
-        ELSE:
-            return False
+            ELSE:
+                return False
 
 cdef class Group(Dataset):
     """