diff --git a/backends/openvino/scripts/openvino_build.sh b/backends/openvino/scripts/openvino_build.sh
index 26eacc982f9..83ffd7542f3 100755
--- a/backends/openvino/scripts/openvino_build.sh
+++ b/backends/openvino/scripts/openvino_build.sh
@@ -52,11 +52,11 @@ main() {
                            -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_MODULE=ON \
                            -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_RUNNER_UTIL=ON \
                            -DEXECUTORCH_ENABLE_LOGGING=ON \
-                           -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_TENSOR=ON"
+                           -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_EXTENSION_TENSOR=ON \
+                           -DEXECUTORCH_BUILD_PYBIND=ON"
         export CMAKE_BUILD_ARGS="--target openvino_backend"
 
         # Build the package
-        EXECUTORCH_BUILD_PYBIND=ON \
         pip install . --no-build-isolation
 
     else