diff --git a/build_openroad.sh b/build_openroad.sh
index 6563c76bef..b2e4af3de6 100755
--- a/build_openroad.sh
+++ b/build_openroad.sh
@@ -340,6 +340,7 @@ __local_build()
                         DEPS_PREFIX_ARG="-deps-prefixes-file=${DEPS_PREFIX_ARG}"
                 fi
                 eval ${NICE} ./tools/OpenROAD/etc/Build.sh \
+                        -cmake-build \
                         -dir="$DIR/tools/OpenROAD/build" \
                         -threads=${PROC} \
                         -cmake=\'${OPENROAD_APP_ARGS}\' \
diff --git a/tools/OpenROAD b/tools/OpenROAD
index f5df0085c2..6b9d7fb806 160000
--- a/tools/OpenROAD
+++ b/tools/OpenROAD
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit f5df0085c27b1efaf0af4ab2950bfafa5a73bbb6
+Subproject commit 6b9d7fb806c0e769b548989d4049d8d0355ed487