diff --git a/.cmake-format.yaml b/.cmake-format.yaml
index acc977940b1681e6c5b578a35a416720c50030d2..539192c92ab75d43b407a40dd102b69aae1bd1dd 100644
--- a/.cmake-format.yaml
+++ b/.cmake-format.yaml
@@ -158,3 +158,4 @@ parse:
         INSTALL_COMMAND: +
         BUILD_IN_SOURCE: 1
         LOG_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE: 1
+        CMAKE_ARGS: +
diff --git a/scripts/cmake/DependenciesExternalProject.cmake b/scripts/cmake/DependenciesExternalProject.cmake
index a9edd533a348fecb97860964b9bf19a74e058161..032ea1b7324471acf7fd01cb7c1cb3950b1c68d7 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/DependenciesExternalProject.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/DependenciesExternalProject.cmake
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ if(OGS_USE_MFRONT)
         BuildExternalProject(
             TFEL GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/thelfer/tfel.git
             GIT_TAG rliv-${ogs.minimum_version.tfel-rliv}
+            CMAKE_ARGS
+                -DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH=<INSTALL_DIR>/lib
+                -DCMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH=TRUE
         )
         set(ENV{TFELHOME} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/_ext/TFEL)
     endif()