diff --git a/core/src/index/cmake/ThirdPartyPackagesCore.cmake b/core/src/index/cmake/ThirdPartyPackagesCore.cmake
index 3173a37d341a5e7a10dbeabf3739b6c0c7d38e5c..e23d101128f8259c3c63d4939bfd0dec2641fe9b 100644
--- a/core/src/index/cmake/ThirdPartyPackagesCore.cmake
+++ b/core/src/index/cmake/ThirdPartyPackagesCore.cmake
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ macro(build_faiss)
 
     if (BUILD_FAISS_WITH_MKL)
 
-        find_library(MKL_LIB_PATH
+        find_path(MKL_LIB_PATH
                 NAMES "libmkl_intel_ilp64.a" "libmkl_gnu_thread.a" "libmkl_core.a"
                 PATH_SUFFIXES "intel/compilers_and_libraries_${MKL_VERSION}/linux/mkl/lib/intel64/")
         if (${MKL_LIB_PATH} STREQUAL "MKL_LIB_PATH-NOTFOUND")