diff --git a/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index 1465d98fb7c58..f29c7fff17a04 100644
--- a/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sycl/plugins/unified_runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ if("hip" IN_LIST SYCL_ENABLE_PLUGINS)
 endif()
 if("opencl" IN_LIST SYCL_ENABLE_PLUGINS)
   set(UR_BUILD_ADAPTER_OPENCL ON)
-  set(UR_OPENCL_ICD_LOADER_LIBRARY OpenCL-ICD)
+  set(UR_OPENCL_ICD_LOADER_LIBRARY OpenCL-ICD CACHE FILEPATH
+    "Path of the OpenCL ICD Loader library" FORCE)
 endif()
 if("native_cpu" IN_LIST SYCL_ENABLE_PLUGINS)
   set(UR_BUILD_ADAPTER_NATIVE_CPU ON)