diff --git a/cmake_targets/tools/MODULES/Findxran.cmake b/cmake_targets/tools/MODULES/Findxran.cmake
index 39f0ffeb75..290a782350 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/tools/MODULES/Findxran.cmake
+++ b/cmake_targets/tools/MODULES/Findxran.cmake
@@ -83,12 +83,15 @@ find_path(xran_INCLUDE_DIR
     xran_pkt.h
     xran_pkt_up.h
     xran_sync_api.h
-  PATHS ${xran_LOCATION}
-  PATH_SUFFIXES api
+  HINTS ${xran_LOCATION}
+  PATH_SUFFIXES api include
+  NO_DEFAULT_PATH
 )
 find_library(xran_LIBRARY
   NAMES xran
-  PATHS ${xran_LOCATION}/build
+  HINTS ${xran_LOCATION}
+  PATH_SUFFIXES build api
+  NO_DEFAULT_PATH
 )
 if (NOT xran_LIBRARY)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "could not detect xran build artifacts at ${xran_LOCATION}/build")