diff --git a/cmake/AwsPrebuildDependency.cmake b/cmake/AwsPrebuildDependency.cmake
index 4c196c66b..6e2192f10 100644
--- a/cmake/AwsPrebuildDependency.cmake
+++ b/cmake/AwsPrebuildDependency.cmake
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ function(aws_prebuild_dependency)
     list(APPEND cmakeCommand ${cmakeOptionalVariables})
 
     # The following variables should always be used.
-    list(APPEND cmakeCommand ${AWS_PREBUILD_SOURCE_DIR})
+    list(APPEND cmakeCommand -H${AWS_PREBUILD_SOURCE_DIR})
     list(APPEND cmakeCommand -B${depBinaryDir})
     list(APPEND cmakeCommand -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
     list(APPEND cmakeCommand -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${ESCAPED_PREFIX_PATH})