diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e907fa05d..a045c60b1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ project(openvino_tokenizers)
 
 include(cmake/platforms.cmake)
 
-find_package(OpenVINO REQUIRED COMPONENTS Runtime OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS TensorFlow)
+# Find OpenVINODeveloperPackage first to compile with SDL flags
+find_package(OpenVINODeveloperPackage QUIET
+             PATHS "${OpenVINO_DIR}")
+if(NOT OpenVINODeveloperPackage_FOUND)
+    find_package(OpenVINO REQUIRED COMPONENTS Runtime OPTIONAL_COMPONENTS TensorFlow)
+endif()
 
 # set the project version using OpenVINO major, minor and patch versions
 set(CMAKE_PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK 0)