diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_providers.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_providers.cmake
index 39e00e2592..5497dc62f2 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_providers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_providers.cmake
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ if (onnxruntime_USE_CUDA)
   target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_providers_cuda PRIVATE cublasLt cublas cudnn curand cufft ${ABSEIL_LIBS} ${ONNXRUNTIME_PROVIDERS_SHARED} Boost::mp11 safeint_interface)
   if(onnxruntime_CUDNN_HOME)
     target_include_directories(onnxruntime_providers_cuda PRIVATE ${onnxruntime_CUDNN_HOME}/include)
+    target_link_directories(onnxruntime_providers_cuda PRIVATE ${onnxruntime_CUDNN_HOME}/lib)
   endif()
 
   if (onnxruntime_USE_FLASH_ATTENTION)