diff --git a/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake b/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake
index 7edbc87bed..e7fb69dbbc 100644
--- a/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/ngraph.cmake
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(
     CMAKE_ARGS          -DNGRAPH_DEX_ONLY=TRUE
     CMAKE_ARGS          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
     CMAKE_ARGS          -DMKLDNN_INCLUDE_DIR=${MKLDNN_INC_DIR}
-    CMAKE_ARGS          -DMKLDNN_LIB_DIR=${MKLDNN_INSTALL_DIR}/lib
+    CMAKE_ARGS          -DMKLDNN_LIB_DIR=${MKLDNN_INSTALL_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     CMAKE_ARGS          -DMKLML_LIB_DIR=${MKLML_INSTALL_DIR}/lib
 )