diff --git a/science/py-h5py/Makefile b/science/py-h5py/Makefile
index 37d6be8e27c0..6e0e4ae7ed4c 100644
--- a/science/py-h5py/Makefile
+++ b/science/py-h5py/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	h5py
-PORTVERSION=	2.6.0
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	2.7.0
 CATEGORIES=	science python
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	${PYTHON_PKGNAMEPREFIX}
 
@@ -32,6 +31,9 @@ PORTEXAMPLES=	multiprocessing_example.py swmr_multiprocess.py \
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS EXAMPLES
 
+post-patch:
+	${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%PREFIX%%|${PREFIX}|' ${WRKSRC}/setup_build.py
+
 do-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	${INSTALL_DATA} ${WRKSRC}/README.rst ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
diff --git a/science/py-h5py/distinfo b/science/py-h5py/distinfo
index 864ae9d77d8e..2b74ba21dcb6 100644
--- a/science/py-h5py/distinfo
+++ b/science/py-h5py/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-SHA256 (h5py-h5py-2.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 7fec1d6f19418b3a624bbb90c7baa105952c0bb6cfbb6676f436fac44fc6ccfb
-SIZE (h5py-h5py-2.6.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 246443
+TIMESTAMP = 1496507199
+SHA256 (h5py-h5py-2.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = fff3a878c6adfa1b4f5c30b558a295d52dd4fee9174128c626ef416dec1b536b
+SIZE (h5py-h5py-2.7.0_GH0.tar.gz) = 265122
diff --git a/science/py-h5py/files/patch-setup__build.py b/science/py-h5py/files/patch-setup__build.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cd89d09b10ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/science/py-h5py/files/patch-setup__build.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- setup_build.py.orig	2017-06-03 16:40:14 UTC
++++ setup_build.py
+@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
+         ('H5_BUILT_AS_DYNAMIC_LIB', None)
+     ])
+ else:
+-    COMPILER_SETTINGS['include_dirs'].extend(['/opt/local/include''/usr/local/include'])
+-    COMPILER_SETTINGS['library_dirs'].extend(['/opt/local/include''/usr/local/include'])
++    COMPILER_SETTINGS['include_dirs'].extend(['%%PREFIX%%/include'])
++    COMPILER_SETTINGS['library_dirs'].extend(['%%PREFIX%%/lib'])
+ 
+ 
+ class h5py_build_ext(build_ext):