diff --git a/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass b/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
index 019999165f..6adc43f057 100644
--- a/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/cmake.bbclass
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE ?= ""
 
 cmake_do_configure() {
      cmake . -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${prefix} -Wno-dev \
-     -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=${STAGING_DIR_HOST} ${EXTRA_OECMAKE}
+     -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH=${STAGING_DIR_HOST} \
+     -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE=ONLY \
+     -DCMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY=ONLY \
+     ${EXTRA_OECMAKE}
 }
 
 EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure