diff --git a/ort-sys/build.rs b/ort-sys/build.rs
index 989f3554..7fb05905 100644
--- a/ort-sys/build.rs
+++ b/ort-sys/build.rs
@@ -160,11 +160,12 @@ fn prepare_libort_dir() -> (PathBuf, bool) {
 			#[allow(clippy::type_complexity)]
 			let static_configs: Vec<(PathBuf, PathBuf, PathBuf, Box<dyn Fn(PathBuf, &String) -> PathBuf>)> = vec![
 				(lib_dir.join(&profile), lib_dir.join("lib"), lib_dir.join("_deps"), Box::new(|p: PathBuf, profile| p.join(profile))),
+				(lib_dir.join(&profile), lib_dir.join("lib"), lib_dir.join(&profile).join("_deps"), Box::new(|p: PathBuf, _| p)),
 				(lib_dir.clone(), lib_dir.join("lib"), lib_dir.parent().unwrap().join("_deps"), Box::new(|p: PathBuf, _| p)),
 				(lib_dir.join("onnxruntime"), lib_dir.join("onnxruntime").join("lib"), lib_dir.join("_deps"), Box::new(|p: PathBuf, _| p)),
 			];
 			for (lib_dir, extension_lib_dir, external_lib_dir, transform_dep) in static_configs {
-				if lib_dir.join(platform_format_lib("onnxruntime_common")).exists() {
+				if lib_dir.join(platform_format_lib("onnxruntime_common")).exists() && external_lib_dir.exists() {
 					add_search_dir(&lib_dir);
 
 					for lib in &["common", "flatbuffers", "framework", "graph", "mlas", "optimizer", "providers", "session", "util"] {