diff --git a/cmake/external/dnnl.cmake b/cmake/external/dnnl.cmake
index 9eb5fed7a1af6..2dfb47f4f4c80 100644
--- a/cmake/external/dnnl.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/dnnl.cmake
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ else()
     set(DNNL_SHARED_LIB libdnnl.3.dylib)
   else()
     set(DNNL_SHARED_LIB libdnnl.so.3)
-  endif()  
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(onnxruntime_USE_DNNL AND onnxruntime_DNNL_GPU_RUNTIME STREQUAL "ocl" AND onnxruntime_DNNL_OPENCL_ROOT STREQUAL "")
@@ -61,7 +61,15 @@ if (onnxruntime_USE_DNNL)
     GIT_TAG ${DNNL_TAG}
     # PATCH_COMMAND ${MKLDNN_PATCH_DISCARD_COMMAND} COMMAND ${DNNL_PATCH_COMMAND}
     SOURCE_DIR ${DNNL_SOURCE}
-    CMAKE_ARGS -DDNNL_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DDNNL_ENABLE_CONCURRENT_EXEC=ON -DDNNL_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${DNNL_INSTALL} ${DNNL_GPU_CMAKE_ARGS} ${DNNL_AARCH64_CMAKE_ARGS}
+    CMAKE_ARGS
+      -DDNNL_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
+      -DDNNL_ENABLE_CONCURRENT_EXEC=ON
+      -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+      -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
+      -DDNNL_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF
+      -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${DNNL_INSTALL} ${DNNL_GPU_CMAKE_ARGS} ${DNNL_AARCH64_CMAKE_ARGS}
+      -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5
   )
   link_directories(${DNNL_LIB_DIR})
 endif()