diff --git a/schema/CMakeLists.txt b/schema/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a4013f43e0..64f8821da1e 100644
--- a/schema/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/schema/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ endif()
 
 # The include directory that will contain the generated schema headers.
 set(_program_schema__include_dir "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/schema/include")
-
+set(_program_schema__output_dir "${_program_schema__include_dir}/executorch/schema")
 # Source root directory for executorch.
 if(NOT EXECUTORCH_ROOT)
   set(EXECUTORCH_ROOT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..)
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ function(generate_program_schema _schema_srcs _schema_name)
   foreach(fbs_file ${_schema_srcs})
     string(REGEX REPLACE "[.]fbs$" "_generated.h" generated "${fbs_file}")
     list(APPEND _schema_outputs
-         "${_program_schema__include_dir}/executorch/${generated}"
+         "${_program_schema__output_dir}/${generated}"
     )
   endforeach()
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ function(generate_program_schema _schema_srcs _schema_name)
     OUTPUT ${_schema_outputs}
     COMMAND
       ${FLATC_EXECUTABLE} --cpp --cpp-std c++11 --gen-mutable --scoped-enums -o
-      "${_program_schema__include_dir}/executorch/schema" ${_schema_srcs}
+      "${_program_schema__output_dir}" ${_schema_srcs}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
     DEPENDS ${FLATC_EXECUTABLE} ${_schema_srcs}
     COMMENT "Generating ${_schema_name} headers"