diff --git a/ext/lib/ipc/open-amp/CMakeLists.txt b/ext/lib/ipc/open-amp/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e9f5bc5148..9791cab1272 100644
--- a/ext/lib/ipc/open-amp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ext/lib/ipc/open-amp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ set(WITH_LIBMETAL_FIND OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(LIBMETAL_INCLUDE_DIR ${ZEPHYR_BINARY_DIR}/ext/hal/libmetal/lib/include)
 set(LIBMETAL_LIB ${ZEPHYR_BINARY_DIR}/ext/hal/libmetal/lib)
 
-add_subdirectory(open-amp)
+add_subdirectory(${CONFIG_OPENAMP_SRC_PATH} open-amp)
diff --git a/ext/lib/ipc/open-amp/Kconfig b/ext/lib/ipc/open-amp/Kconfig
index 64bb4f8320b..e0b543399a5 100644
--- a/ext/lib/ipc/open-amp/Kconfig
+++ b/ext/lib/ipc/open-amp/Kconfig
@@ -11,3 +11,10 @@ config OPENAMP
 	default n
 	help
 	  This option enables the OpenAMP IPC library
+
+config OPENAMP_SRC_PATH
+	string
+	prompt "OpenAMP library source path"
+	default "open-amp"
+	help
+	  This option specifies the path to the source for the open-amp library