diff --git a/src/cmake/ie_parallel.cmake b/src/cmake/ie_parallel.cmake
index e8aa1c30ef..259e4152c2 100644
--- a/src/cmake/ie_parallel.cmake
+++ b/src/cmake/ie_parallel.cmake
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ function(set_ie_threading_interface_for TARGET_NAME)
                     foreach(include_directory IN LISTS include_directories)
                         # cannot include /usr/include headers as SYSTEM
                         if(NOT "${include_directory}" MATCHES "^/usr.*$")
-                            target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} SYSTEM BEFORE
+                            target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} SYSTEM
                                 ${LINK_TYPE} $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${include_directory}>)
                         else()
                             set(_system_library ON)
diff --git a/src/plugins/intel_cpu/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/intel_cpu/CMakeLists.txt
index e1f04b4ad2..d1150fdab0 100644
--- a/src/plugins/intel_cpu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/intel_cpu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -83,18 +83,19 @@ elseif(RISCV64)
     set_target_properties(${TARGET_NAME} PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "openvino_riscv_cpu_plugin")
 endif()
 
-set_ie_threading_interface_for(${TARGET_NAME})
-
 ie_mark_target_as_cc(${TARGET_NAME})
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE dnnl
                                              ov_shape_inference
-                                             openvino::pugixml
                                              inference_engine_snippets)
 
+target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} SYSTEM PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:dnnl,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
 target_compile_definitions(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE IMPLEMENT_INFERENCE_EXTENSION_API)
 target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
-target_include_directories(${TARGET_NAME} SYSTEM PRIVATE $<TARGET_PROPERTY:dnnl,INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+
+# system libraries must go last
+target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE openvino::pugixml)
+set_ie_threading_interface_for(${TARGET_NAME})
 
 # Cross compiled function
 # TODO: The same for proposal, proposalONNX, topk