diff --git a/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@
   MLIR_ENABLE_VULKAN_RUNNER
   )
 
+# Passed to lit.site.cfg.py.so that the out of tree Standalone dialect test
+# can find MLIR's CMake configuration
+set(MLIR_CMAKE_DIR
+  "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib${LLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX}/cmake/mlir")
+
 # Passed to lit.site.cfg.py.in to set up the path where to find the libraries
 # for linalg integration tests.
 set(MLIR_DIALECT_LINALG_INTEGRATION_TEST_LIB_DIR ${CMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY})
diff --git a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg
--- a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg
+++ b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/lit.local.cfg
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 config.substitutions.append(("%host_cxx", config.host_cxx))
 config.substitutions.append(("%host_cc", config.host_cc))
 config.substitutions.append(("%enable_libcxx", config.enable_libcxx))
+config.substitutions.append(
+    ("%mlir_cmake_dir", config.mlir_cmake_dir))
diff --git a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy
--- a/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy
+++ b/mlir/test/Examples/standalone/test.toy
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# RUN: %cmake %mlir_src_root/examples/standalone -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%host_cxx -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=%host_cc -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX=%enable_libcxx -DMLIR_DIR=%llvm_lib_dir/cmake/mlir ; %cmake --build . --target check-standalone | tee %t | FileCheck %s
+# RUN: %cmake %mlir_src_root/examples/standalone -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=%host_cxx -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=%host_cc -DLLVM_ENABLE_LIBCXX=%enable_libcxx -DMLIR_DIR=%mlir_cmake_dir ; %cmake --build . --target check-standalone | tee %t | FileCheck %s
 
 # CHECK: Passed: 3
 # UNSUPPORTED: windows, android
diff --git a/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in b/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
--- a/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
+++ b/mlir/test/lit.site.cfg.py.in
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 config.mlir_obj_root = "@MLIR_BINARY_DIR@"
 config.mlir_runner_utils_dir = "@MLIR_RUNNER_UTILS_DIR@"
 config.mlir_tools_dir = "@MLIR_TOOLS_DIR@"
+config.mlir_cmake_dir = "@MLIR_CMAKE_DIR@"
 config.linalg_test_lib_dir = "@MLIR_DIALECT_LINALG_INTEGRATION_TEST_LIB_DIR@"
 config.build_examples = @LLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES@
 config.run_cuda_tests = @MLIR_ENABLE_CUDA_CONVERSIONS@