diff --git a/Src/Extern/openPMD-api/Make.package b/Src/Extern/openPMD-api/Make.package
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f6ce7cae466
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Src/Extern/openPMD-api/Make.package
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+CEXE_sources += AMReX_PlotFileOPENPMD.cpp AMReX_PlotFileOPENPMD_PTL.cpp AMReX_PlotFileUtilOPENPMD.cpp
+
+CEXE_headers += AMReX_ParticlesOPENPMD.H AMReX_PlotFileUtilOPENPMD.H AMReX_PlotFileUtilOPENPMD_PTLImpl.H
+
+VPATH_LOCATIONS += $(AMREX_HOME)/Src/Extern/openPMD-api
+INCLUDE_LOCATIONS += $(AMREX_HOME)/Src/Extern/openPMD-api
diff --git a/Tests/openPMDTests/fields/GNUmakefile b/Tests/openPMDTests/fields/GNUmakefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7e2b86dff4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/openPMDTests/fields/GNUmakefile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+DEBUG = FALSE
+
+USE_MPI  = TRUE
+USE_OMP  = FALSE
+
+USE_OPENPMD = TRUE
+
+COMP = gnu
+
+DIM = 3
+
+AMREX_HOME = ../../..
+
+include $(AMREX_HOME)/Tools/GNUMake/Make.defs
+
+include ./Make.package
+
+Pdirs 	:= Base
+
+Ppack	+= $(foreach dir, $(Pdirs), $(AMREX_HOME)/Src/$(dir)/Make.package)
+
+include $(Ppack)
+
+include $(AMREX_HOME)/Tools/GNUMake/Make.rules
+
diff --git a/Tests/openPMDTests/fields/Make.package b/Tests/openPMDTests/fields/Make.package
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6b4b865e8fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/openPMDTests/fields/Make.package
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CEXE_sources += main.cpp
diff --git a/Tests/openPMDTests/ptls/GNUmakefile b/Tests/openPMDTests/ptls/GNUmakefile
index a95f65859e1..0eaf664cf9d 100644
--- a/Tests/openPMDTests/ptls/GNUmakefile
+++ b/Tests/openPMDTests/ptls/GNUmakefile
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ PRECISION = DOUBLE
 USE_MPI   = TRUE
 USE_OMP   = FALSE
 
+USE_OPENPMD = TRUE
+
 ###################################################
 
 EBASE     = main
@@ -22,9 +24,11 @@ EBASE     = main
 include $(AMREX_HOME)/Tools/GNUMake/Make.defs
 
 include ./Make.package
-include $(AMREX_HOME)/Src/Base/Make.package
-include $(AMREX_HOME)/Src/Boundary/Make.package
-include $(AMREX_HOME)/Src/Particle/Make.package
-include $(AMREX_HOME)/Src/AmrCore/Make.package
+
+Pdirs 	:= Base Boundary Particle AmrCore
+
+Ppack	+= $(foreach dir, $(Pdirs), $(AMREX_HOME)/Src/$(dir)/Make.package)
+
+include $(Ppack)
 
 include $(AMREX_HOME)/Tools/GNUMake/Make.rules
diff --git a/Tools/GNUMake/Make.defs b/Tools/GNUMake/Make.defs
index 8ec8832d1eb..c694bbcba66 100644
--- a/Tools/GNUMake/Make.defs
+++ b/Tools/GNUMake/Make.defs
@@ -299,6 +299,12 @@ else
   USE_HDF5 := FALSE
 endif
 
+ifdef USE_OPENPMD
+  USE_OPENPMD := $(strip $(USE_OPENPMD))
+else
+  USE_OPENPMD := FALSE
+endif
+
 ifdef EBASE
   EBASE := $(strip $(EBASE))
 else
@@ -1067,6 +1073,11 @@ ifeq ($(USE_HDF5),TRUE)
   include        $(AMREX_HOME)/Tools/GNUMake/packages/Make.hdf5
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(USE_OPENPMD),TRUE)
+  $(info Loading $(AMREX_HOME)/Tools/GNUMake/packages/Make.openpmd...)
+  include        $(AMREX_HOME)/Tools/GNUMake/packages/Make.openpmd
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(USE_BITTREE),TRUE)
   $(info Loading $(AMREX_HOME)/Tools/GNUMake/packages/Make.bittree...)
   include        $(AMREX_HOME)/Tools/GNUMake/packages/Make.bittree
diff --git a/Tools/GNUMake/packages/Make.openpmd b/Tools/GNUMake/packages/Make.openpmd
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c0c57676e7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tools/GNUMake/packages/Make.openpmd
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+CPPFLAGS += -DAMREX_USE_OPENPMD_API
+include $(AMREX_HOME)/Src/Extern/openPMD-api/Make.package
+
+ifndef AMREX_OPENPMD_HOME
+ifdef OPENPMD_DIR
+  AMREX_OPENPMD_HOME = $(OPENPMD_DIR)
+endif
+ifdef OPENPMD_HOME
+  AMREX_OPENPMD_HOME = $(OPENPMD_HOME)
+endif
+endif
+
+LIBRARIES += -lopenPMD
+
+ifdef AMREX_OPENPMD_HOME
+  OPENPMD_ABSPATH = $(abspath $(AMREX_OPENPMD_HOME))
+  SYSTEM_INCLUDE_LOCATIONS += $(OPENPMD_ABSPATH)/include
+  LIBRARY_LOCATIONS += $(OPENPMD_ABSPATH)/lib
+  LDFLAGS += -Xlinker -rpath -Xlinker $(OPENPMD_ABSPATH)/lib
+endif