diff --git a/scm/src/CMakeLists.txt b/scm/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4938e1b5..eb1871f7 100644
--- a/scm/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/scm/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../../CMakeModule
 
 find_package(NetCDF REQUIRED COMPONENTS C Fortran)
 find_package(bacio REQUIRED)
-find_package(sp    REQUIRED)
+# Use ip@5 or later if available, fall back to sp
+find_package(ip 5)
+if(NOT ip_FOUND)
+  find_package(sp  REQUIRED)
+endif()
 find_package(w3emc REQUIRED)
 find_package(MPI   REQUIRED)
 if(NOT MPI_Fortran_HAVE_F08_MODULE)
@@ -302,7 +306,11 @@ if(OPENMP)
 endif()
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(scm NetCDF::NetCDF_Fortran)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(scm bacio::bacio_4)
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(scm sp::sp_d)
+if(ip_FOUND)
+  target_link_libraries(scm ip::ip_d)
+else()
+  target_link_libraries(scm sp::sp_d)
+endif()
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(scm w3emc::w3emc_d)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(scm ccpp_framework)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(scm ccpp_physics)