diff --git a/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index 54d651005..f9695f66a 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ FetchContent_Declare(
   cccl
   URL "https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/releases/download/v2.8.1/cccl-v2.8.1.zip")
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cccl)
-target_include_directories(mlx PRIVATE BEFORE "${cccl_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
+target_include_directories(mlx BEFORE PRIVATE "${cccl_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
 
 # Use fixed version of NVTX.
 FetchContent_Declare(