diff --git a/conf/layer.conf b/conf/layer.conf
index ec50c15c..a9de1e2a 100644
--- a/conf/layer.conf
+++ b/conf/layer.conf
@@ -42,4 +42,6 @@ PREFERRED_PROVIDER_libva-utils ?= "libva-utils"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_libva-utils-native ?= "libva-utils-native"
 PREFERRED_PROVIDER_nativesdk-libva-utils ?= "nativesdk-libva-utils"
 
+OPENCL_BACKENDS ??= "intel-compute-runtime"
+
 addpylib ${LAYERDIR}/lib oeqa
diff --git a/dynamic-layers/clang-layer/recipes-core/dnn/onednn_3.5.3.bb b/dynamic-layers/clang-layer/recipes-core/dnn/onednn_3.5.3.bb
index 17854ca0..3128d36e 100644
--- a/dynamic-layers/clang-layer/recipes-core/dnn/onednn_3.5.3.bb
+++ b/dynamic-layers/clang-layer/recipes-core/dnn/onednn_3.5.3.bb
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ EXTRA_OECMAKE += " \
                    "
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "gpu"
-PACKAGECONFIG[gpu] = "-DDNNL_GPU_RUNTIME=OCL, , opencl-headers virtual/libopencl1, intel-compute-runtime"
+PACKAGECONFIG[gpu] = "-DDNNL_GPU_RUNTIME=OCL, , opencl-headers virtual/libopencl1, ${OPENCL_BACKENDS}"
 
 do_install:append () {
     install -d ${D}${bindir}/mkl-dnn/tests/benchdnn/inputs