diff --git a/internal/kv/rocksdb/cwrapper/CMakeLists.txt b/internal/kv/rocksdb/cwrapper/CMakeLists.txt
index 7a8335aac7..afaac8100a 100644
--- a/internal/kv/rocksdb/cwrapper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/internal/kv/rocksdb/cwrapper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ macro( build_rocksdb )
             URL                 ${ROCKSDB_SOURCE_URL}
             URL_MD5             "67f9e04fda62af551dd039c37b1808ac"
             CMAKE_ARGS          ${ROCKSDB_CMAKE_ARGS}
+            INSTALL_COMMAND     make install
             )
 
     ExternalProject_Get_Property( rocksdb-ep INSTALL_DIR )