diff --git a/hipamd/hipify-clang/CMakeLists.txt b/hipamd/hipify-clang/CMakeLists.txt
index b9d009ad92..7bc2ee9367 100644
--- a/hipamd/hipify-clang/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hipamd/hipify-clang/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ project(hipify-clang)
 set(BUILD_HIPIFY_CLANG 0 CACHE INTERNAL "")
 
 if (HIPIFY_CLANG_LLVM_DIR)
-    find_package(LLVM PATHS ${HIPIFY_CLANG_LLVM_DIR} REQUIRED)
+    find_package(LLVM PATHS ${HIPIFY_CLANG_LLVM_DIR} REQUIRED NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 else()
     message(STATUS "hipify-clang will not be built. To build it please specify absolute path to LLVM 3.8 or higher using HIPIFY_CLANG_LLVM_DIR")
     return()