diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3ddd06a..094f096 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ addons:
 env:
   global:
     - GODEBUG=cgocheck=0
+    - TAGS=hdf5-v1.8,hdf5-v1.10
 
 notifications:
   email:
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ notifications:
     on_failure: always
 
 script:
- - go get -d -t -v ./...
- - go install -v ./...
- - go test -v ./...
+ - go get -d -t -v -tags=$TAGS ./...
+ - go install -v -tags=$TAGS ./...
+ - go test -v -tags=$TAGS ./...
 
diff --git a/h5f_1.10.go b/h5f_1.10.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78aa7db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/h5f_1.10.go
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright ©2018 The gonum Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+// +build hdf5-v1.10
+
+package hdf5
+
+// #include "hdf5.h"
+import "C"
+
+// StartSWMRWrite enables SWMR writing mode for this file.
+func (f *File) StartSWMRWrite() error {
+	err := C.H5Fstart_swmr_write(f.id)
+	return h5err(err)
+}