diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e589fa238d..8f44c6ed080 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,7 +135,11 @@ endif()
 
 if (GGML_SYCL_TARGET STREQUAL "INTEL")
     add_compile_definitions(GGML_SYCL_WARP_SIZE=16)
-    target_link_options(ggml-sycl PRIVATE  -Xs   -ze-intel-greater-than-4GB-buffer-required)
+    if (NOT GGML_SYCL_DEVICE_ARCH)
+        target_link_options(ggml-sycl PRIVATE -Xs -ze-intel-greater-than-4GB-buffer-required)
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "Skipping -ze-intel-greater-than-4GB-buffer-required for spir64_gen AOT")
+    endif()
 
     # Link against Intel oneMKL
     if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
@@ -160,7 +164,15 @@ if (GGML_SYCL_HOST_MEM_FALLBACK)
 endif()
 
 if (GGML_SYCL_DEVICE_ARCH)
-    target_compile_options(ggml-sycl PRIVATE -Xsycl-target-backend --offload-arch=${GGML_SYCL_DEVICE_ARCH})
-    target_link_options(ggml-sycl PRIVATE -Xsycl-target-backend --offload-arch=${GGML_SYCL_DEVICE_ARCH})
+    message(STATUS "GGML_SYCL_DEVICE_ARCH=${GGML_SYCL_DEVICE_ARCH} (AOT via spir64_gen)")
+    target_compile_options(
+        ggml-sycl PRIVATE
+        -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen
+        "SHELL:-Xsycl-target-backend=spir64_gen \"-device ${GGML_SYCL_DEVICE_ARCH}\""
+    )
+    target_link_options(
+        ggml-sycl PRIVATE
+        -fsycl-targets=spir64_gen
+        "SHELL:-Xsycl-target-backend=spir64_gen \"-device ${GGML_SYCL_DEVICE_ARCH}\""
+    )
 endif()
-