diff --git a/coreblas/eztrace_module/CMakeLists.txt b/coreblas/eztrace_module/CMakeLists.txt
index 322d0f0913520cdf7580764425e598f4da2844a1..5ae5c17175209a5c32a9c6c1cf96403d8978de04 100644
--- a/coreblas/eztrace_module/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/coreblas/eztrace_module/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ if (EZTRACE_FOUND AND EZTRACE_DIR_FOUND)
     find_path(EZTRACE_eztrace_create_plugin_DIR
       NAMES eztrace_create_plugin
       HINTS ${EZTRACE_DIR_FOUND}/bin)
+    mark_as_advanced(EZTRACE_eztrace_create_plugin_DIR)
 
     if (EZTRACE_eztrace_create_plugin_DIR)
 
diff --git a/cudablas/eztrace_module/CMakeLists.txt b/cudablas/eztrace_module/CMakeLists.txt
index 702ca4b8bec07ee5f42c8e2a2bf0dd7d06f2fe8b..01eb745e21a78f5c782714743a5c20b7406d5024 100644
--- a/cudablas/eztrace_module/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cudablas/eztrace_module/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ if (EZTRACE_FOUND AND EZTRACE_DIR_FOUND)
     find_path(EZTRACE_eztrace_create_plugin_DIR
       NAMES eztrace_create_plugin
       HINTS ${EZTRACE_DIR_FOUND}/bin)
+    mark_as_advanced(EZTRACE_eztrace_create_plugin_DIR)
 
     if (EZTRACE_eztrace_create_plugin_DIR)