diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 317e6dc..c6456fa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 build.log
 .idea/
 *.pyc
+.venv/
diff --git a/build_functions/build_openssl.py b/build_functions/build_openssl.py
index fbc3069..72186cf 100644
--- a/build_functions/build_openssl.py
+++ b/build_functions/build_openssl.py
@@ -5,14 +5,7 @@
 import os
 import zipfile
 from pathlib import Path
-
-# we need requests to download perl package but I don't want to install a venv just for that
-# with this trick we can use requests that comes bundled with pip
-try:
-    import requests
-except ImportError:
-    import pip._vendor.requests as requests
-
+import requests
 from build_functions.build_utils import run_in_shell, print_banner, file_and_console_log
 from common.azure import write_package_version_batch
 from common.directory_helpers import pushd, get_local_prefix
diff --git a/build_functions/build_openusd.py b/build_functions/build_openusd.py
index c29a750..37105be 100644
--- a/build_functions/build_openusd.py
+++ b/build_functions/build_openusd.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from common.azure import write_package_version_batch
 from common.cmake import cmake_build_install
 import common.settings
 from common.git_helpers import clone_git_tag
+from common.settings import temporarily_set_shared
 from package.package_info import get_package_info
 
 def build_openusd(prefix: Path | str, sbom: dict):
@@ -18,29 +19,36 @@ def build_openusd(prefix: Path | str, sbom: dict):
     package_info = get_package_info("openusd")
     package_info.add_to_sbom(sbom)
 
+    # I mistook boost for a direct dependency but it turned out to be an indirect one.
+    # Various other, optional, dependencies such as OpenImageIO use it.
+    # We don't have them in here yet but I keep boost to prepare for that
+    boost_install_path = package_info.dependency_path("boost")
+    hdf5_install_path = package_info.dependency_path("hdf5")
     onetbb_install_path = package_info.dependency_path("onetbb")
     opensubdiv_install_path = package_info.dependency_path("opensubdiv")
     zlib_install_path = package_info.dependency_path("zlib")
 
+    # OpenUSD definately doesn't want to be build static. Only errors. DLL it is then.
+    with temporarily_set_shared():
+        cmake_args = [
+            ("PXR_ENABLE_PYTHON_SUPPORT:BOOL", "ON"),
+            ("PXR_ENABLE_HDF5_SUPPORT:BOOL", "ON"),
+            ("PXR_BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL", "ON"),
+            ("PXR_BUILD_TESTS:BOOL", "OFF"),
+            ("PXR_BUILD_TUTORIALS:BOOL", "ON"),
+            ("PXR_BUILD_HTML_DOCUMENTATION:BOOL", "OFF"),
 
-    cmake_args = [
-        # We're gonna need Python but I had trouble compiling the bindings.
-        # Disabled for the first tests
-        ("PXR_ENABLE_PYTHON_SUPPORT:BOOL", "OFF"),
-
-        ("PXR_BUILD_EXAMPLES:BOOL", "OFF"),
-        ("PXR_BUILD_TESTS:BOOL", "OFF"),
-        ("PXR_BUILD_TUTORIALS:BOOL", "ON"),
-
-        ("PXR_BUILD_HTML_DOCUMENTATION:BOOL", "OFF"),
-        ("TBB_DIR:PATH", str(onetbb_install_path / "lib" / "cmake" / "TBB")),
-        ("OpenSubdiv_DIR:PATH", str(opensubdiv_install_path / "lib" / "cmake" / "OpenSubdiv")),
-        ("ZLIB_ROOT:PATH", str(zlib_install_path)),
-        ("ZLIB_USE_STATIC_LIBS:BOOL", "ON"),  # doesn't appear to do its job
-        ("ZLIB_LIBRARY_RELEASE:FILEPATH", str(zlib_install_path / "lib" / common.settings.zlib_static_lib_name)),
-        ("ZLIB_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH", str(zlib_install_path / "lib" / common.settings.zlib_static_lib_name))
-    ]
-    src_dir = clone_git_tag(package_info, recursive=False)
-    install_dir = cmake_build_install(src_dir, package_info, cmake_args=cmake_args)
-    write_package_version_batch(package_info.version)
-    return install_dir
+            ("hdf5_DIR:PATH", str(hdf5_install_path / "cmake")),
+            ("Boost_ROOT:PATH", str(boost_install_path)),
+            ("Boost_DIR:PATH", str(boost_install_path / "lib" / "cmake" / "Boost-1.88.0")),
+            ("TBB_DIR:PATH", str(onetbb_install_path / "lib" / "cmake" / "TBB")),
+            ("OpenSubdiv_DIR:PATH", str(opensubdiv_install_path / "lib" / "cmake" / "OpenSubdiv")),
+            ("ZLIB_ROOT:PATH", str(zlib_install_path)),
+            ("ZLIB_USE_STATIC_LIBS:BOOL", "ON"),  # doesn't appear to do its job
+            ("ZLIB_LIBRARY_RELEASE:FILEPATH", str(zlib_install_path / "lib" / common.settings.zlib_static_lib_name)),
+            ("ZLIB_LIBRARY_DEBUG:FILEPATH", str(zlib_install_path / "lib" / common.settings.zlib_static_lib_name))
+        ]
+        src_dir = clone_git_tag(package_info, recursive=False)
+        install_dir = cmake_build_install(src_dir, package_info, cmake_args=cmake_args)
+        write_package_version_batch(package_info.version)
+        return install_dir
diff --git a/packages.json b/packages.json
index 922cefc..7efe395 100644
--- a/packages.json
+++ b/packages.json
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@
     "version": "25.5.1",
     "depends": [
       "boost",
+      "hdf5",
       "onetbb",
       "opensubdiv",
       "zlib"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..315c319
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+pyside6
+jinja2
+pyopengl
+requests