diff --git a/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake b/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
index 00d6066317322..31daa86b88ce7 100644
--- a/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
+++ b/sycl/cmake/modules/FetchUnifiedRuntime.cmake
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ if(IS_DIRECTORY "${UR_INTREE_SOURCE_DIR}")
   # to link statically on windows
   if(WIN32)
     set(UMF_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY OFF CACHE INTERNAL "Build UMF shared library")
-    set(UMF_LINK_HWLOC_STATICALLY ON CACHE INTERNAL "static HWLOC")
+    if (NOT UMF_DISABLE_HWLOC)
+      set(UMF_LINK_HWLOC_STATICALLY ON CACHE INTERNAL "static HWLOC")
+    endif()
   endif()
   add_subdirectory(${UNIFIED_RUNTIME_SOURCE_DIR} ${UR_INTREE_BINARY_DIR})
 elseif(SYCL_UR_USE_FETCH_CONTENT)
@@ -146,7 +148,9 @@ elseif(SYCL_UR_USE_FETCH_CONTENT)
   # to link statically on windows
   if(WIN32)
     set(UMF_BUILD_SHARED_LIBRARY OFF CACHE INTERNAL "Build UMF shared library")
-    set(UMF_LINK_HWLOC_STATICALLY ON CACHE INTERNAL "static HWLOC")
+    if (NOT UMF_DISABLE_HWLOC)
+      set(UMF_LINK_HWLOC_STATICALLY ON CACHE INTERNAL "static HWLOC")
+    endif()
   endif()
 
   fetch_adapter_source(level_zero