diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 59f56ceb74e..bbbabce21f0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/zephyr_modules.txt)
     string(REGEX REPLACE "\"(.*)\":\".*\"" "\\1" module_name ${module})
     string(REGEX REPLACE "\".*\":\"(.*)\"" "\\1" module_path ${module})
     message("Including module: ${module_name} in path: ${module_path}")
-    add_subdirectory(${module_path} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${module_name})
+    add_subdirectory(${module_path} ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/modules/${module_name})
   endforeach()
 endif()