diff --git a/cmake/onnxruntime_providers_cpu.cmake b/cmake/onnxruntime_providers_cpu.cmake
index 3b4d590bf14ab..7e6ce0887ad26 100644
--- a/cmake/onnxruntime_providers_cpu.cmake
+++ b/cmake/onnxruntime_providers_cpu.cmake
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ if (HAS_BITWISE_INSTEAD_OF_LOGICAL)
 endif()
 
 if(USE_NEURAL_SPEED)
+  add_dependencies(onnxruntime_providers onnxruntime_neural_speed)
   target_link_libraries(onnxruntime_providers PRIVATE onnxruntime_neural_speed)
 endif()