diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d24bc6..574293f 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ add_custom_target(examples COMMENT "Build all examples.")
 
 function(add_example_executable EX_NAME)
     add_executable (${EX_NAME} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ${ARGN})
-    target_link_libraries(${EX_NAME} miopengemm)
+    target_link_libraries(${EX_NAME} miopengemm ${OPENCL_LIBRARIES})
     add_dependencies(examples ${EX_NAME})
 endfunction(add_example_executable)
 
diff --git a/miopengemm/CMakeLists.txt b/miopengemm/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c3c018..3e42fe9 100644
--- a/miopengemm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/miopengemm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ file(GLOB_RECURSE source_files src/*.cpp)
 
 add_library(miopengemm ${source_files})
 
-target_link_libraries(miopengemm PUBLIC ${OPENCL_LIBRARIES} ${OpenBLAS_LIB} ${CLBLAST_LIB} ${ISAAC_LIB})
+# Adding opencl library as public is resulting in hard coded path for INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES
+# So lmiting it to private, that will remove opencl from the interface link
+target_link_libraries(miopengemm PUBLIC  ${OpenBLAS_LIB} ${CLBLAST_LIB} ${ISAAC_LIB})
+target_link_libraries(miopengemm PRIVATE ${OPENCL_LIBRARIES})
 
 if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE)
     file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/lib.def "