nanopolish: HDF5 download and compile error

When I try to compile nanopolish allowing it to download and compile all of its dependencies, it fails with the following error:

config.status: executing libtool commands
	    SUMMARY OF THE HDF5 CONFIGURATION
	    =================================

General Information:
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		   HDF5 Version: 1.8.14
		  Configured on: Thu Apr 19 21:23:56 PDT 2018
		  Configured by: root@erenna
		 Configure mode: production
		    Host system: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
	      Uname information: Linux erenna 4.4.0-59-generic #80-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 6 17:47:47 UTC 2017 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
		       Byte sex: little-endian
		      Libraries: static, shared
	     Installation point: /usr/local/bin/nanopolish/hdf5-1.8.14/..

Compiling Options:
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               Compilation Mode: production
                     C Compiler: /usr/bin/gcc
                         CFLAGS:
                      H5_CFLAGS:   -ansi -pedantic -Wall -W -Wundef -Wshadow -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wcast-qual -Wcast-align -Wwrite-strings -Wconversion -Waggregate-return -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -Wredundant-decls -Wnested-externs -Winline -O -fomit-frame-pointer -finline-functions
                      AM_CFLAGS:
                       CPPFLAGS:
                    H5_CPPFLAGS: -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199506L   -DNDEBUG -UH5_DEBUG_API
                    AM_CPPFLAGS: -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_BSD_SOURCE
               Shared C Library: yes
               Static C Library: yes
  Statically Linked Executables: no
                        LDFLAGS:
                     H5_LDFLAGS:
                     AM_LDFLAGS:  -L/usr/local/bin/nanopolish/hdf5-1.8.14/../lib
 	 	Extra libraries:  -lpthread -lz -ldl -lm
 		       Archiver: ar
 		 	 Ranlib: ranlib
 	      Debugged Packages:
		    API Tracing: no

Languages:
----------
                        Fortran: no

                            C++: no

Features:
---------
                  Parallel HDF5: no
             High Level library: yes
                   Threadsafety: yes
            Default API Mapping: v18
 With Deprecated Public Symbols: yes
         I/O filters (external): deflate(zlib)
         I/O filters (internal): shuffle,fletcher32,nbit,scaleoffset
                            MPE: no
                     Direct VFD: no
                        dmalloc: no
Clear file buffers before write: yes
           Using memory checker: no
         Function Stack Tracing: no
      Strict File Format Checks: no
   Optimization Instrumentation: no
       Large File Support (LFS): yes
make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/local/bin/nanopolish/hdf5-1.8.14'
Making all in src
make[2]: Entering directory '/usr/local/bin/nanopolish/hdf5-1.8.14/src'
make  all-am
make[3]: Entering directory '/usr/local/bin/nanopolish/hdf5-1.8.14/src'
  CC       H5.lo
In file included from /usr/local/include/assert.h:5:0,
                 from H5private.h:50,
                 from H5.c:24:
/usr/local/include/except.h:5:44: fatal error: config.h: No such file or directory
compilation terminated.
Makefile:1222: recipe for target 'H5.lo' failed
make[3]: *** [H5.lo] Error 1
make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/bin/nanopolish/hdf5-1.8.14/src'
Makefile:850: recipe for target 'all' failed
make[2]: *** [all] Error 2
make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/bin/nanopolish/hdf5-1.8.14/src'
Makefile:586: recipe for target 'all-recursive' failed
make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/local/bin/nanopolish/hdf5-1.8.14'
Makefile:88: recipe for target 'lib/libhdf5.a' failed
make: *** [lib/libhdf5.a] Error 2