diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/clr/rocclr/CMakeLists.txt
index 9395558252..81412f3b2d 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -227,11 +227,8 @@ if (UNIX)
         target_link_libraries(amdrocclr_static PUBLIC ${LIBRT})
     endif()
 
-    find_library(LIBNUMA numa)
     if (LIBNUMA)
-        target_compile_definitions(amdrocclr_static PUBLIC ROCCLR_SUPPORT_NUMA_POLICY)
         target_link_libraries(amdrocclr_static PUBLIC ${LIBNUMA})
-        message(STATUS "Found: ${LIBNUMA}")
     endif()
 endif()
 #comment out as it's not available in cmake 3.5
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/device/rocm/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/clr/rocclr/device/rocm/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d56983f59..cb540f1e50 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/device/rocm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/device/rocm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,4 +47,12 @@ if(USE_COMGR_LIBRARY)
   endif()
 endif()
 
+if (UNIX)
+  find_library(LIBNUMA numa)
+  if (LIBNUMA)
+    target_compile_definitions(oclrocm PRIVATE ROCCLR_SUPPORT_NUMA_POLICY)
+    message(STATUS "Found: ${LIBNUMA}")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
 set_target_properties(oclrocm PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)