diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c0c20f8..ee9d700 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 cmake_minimum_required( VERSION 3.12 FATAL_ERROR )
 
-find_package( ecbuild 3.0.0 REQUIRED HINTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} )
+find_package( ecbuild 3.0.0 REQUIRED HINTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../ecbuild )
 
 project( fckit LANGUAGES C CXX Fortran )