diff --git a/mlir/cmake/modules/AddMLIRPython.cmake b/mlir/cmake/modules/AddMLIRPython.cmake
--- a/mlir/cmake/modules/AddMLIRPython.cmake
+++ b/mlir/cmake/modules/AddMLIRPython.cmake
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@
     set_target_properties(
       ${libname} PROPERTIES
       RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${ARG_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}
+      ARCHIVE_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${ARG_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}
     )
   endif()