diff --git a/ucm/sparse/esa/CMakeLists.txt b/ucm/sparse/esa/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d2afcdb4..b5cf9f89d 100644
--- a/ucm/sparse/esa/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ucm/sparse/esa/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@ if(BUILD_NUMA)
     message(STATUS "Building numactl library...")
 
     set(NUMA_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/numa_install)
-    FetchContent_Declare(
-        numactl
-        URL https://github.com/numactl/numactl/releases/download/v2.0.16/numactl-2.0.16.tar.gz
-        TLS_VERIFY OFF
-    )
-    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(numactl)
+    if(DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCE)
+        FetchContent_Declare(
+            numactl
+            URL https://github.com/numactl/numactl/releases/download/v2.0.16/numactl-2.0.16.tar.gz
+            TLS_VERIFY OFF
+        )
+        FetchContent_MakeAvailable(numactl)
+    else()
+        add_subdirectory(NUMA_INSTALL_DIR)
+    endif()
+
     if(NOT EXISTS "${NUMA_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libnuma.so")
         message(STATUS "Configuring numactl...")
         execute_process(
diff --git a/ucm/sparse/kvcomp/CMakeLists.txt b/ucm/sparse/kvcomp/CMakeLists.txt
index fb32a3ec8..03f22029f 100644
--- a/ucm/sparse/kvcomp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ucm/sparse/kvcomp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,12 +2,16 @@ if(BUILD_NUMA)
     message(STATUS "Building numactl library...")
 
     set(NUMA_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/numa_install)
-    FetchContent_Declare(
-        numactl
-        URL https://github.com/numactl/numactl/releases/download/v2.0.16/numactl-2.0.16.tar.gz
-        TLS_VERIFY OFF
-    )
-    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(numactl)
+    if(DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCE)
+        FetchContent_Declare(
+            numactl
+            URL https://github.com/numactl/numactl/releases/download/v2.0.16/numactl-2.0.16.tar.gz
+            TLS_VERIFY OFF
+        )
+        FetchContent_MakeAvailable(numactl)
+    else()
+        add_subdirectory(NUMA_INSTALL_DIR)
+    endif()
     if(NOT EXISTS "${NUMA_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libnuma.so")
         message(STATUS "Configuring numactl...")
         execute_process(
diff --git a/ucm/sparse/kvstar/retrieve/CMakeLists.txt b/ucm/sparse/kvstar/retrieve/CMakeLists.txt
index 3f6777760..10fe90d44 100644
--- a/ucm/sparse/kvstar/retrieve/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ucm/sparse/kvstar/retrieve/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,12 +58,17 @@ if(BUILD_NUMA)
     message(STATUS "Building numactl library...")
 
     set(NUMA_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/numa_install)
-    FetchContent_Declare(
-        numactl
-        URL https://github.com/numactl/numactl/releases/download/v2.0.16/numactl-2.0.16.tar.gz
-        TLS_VERIFY OFF
-    )
-    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(numactl)
+    if(DOWNLOAD_DEPENDENCE)
+        FetchContent_Declare(
+            numactl
+            URL https://github.com/numactl/numactl/releases/download/v2.0.16/numactl-2.0.16.tar.gz
+            TLS_VERIFY OFF
+        )
+        FetchContent_MakeAvailable(numactl)
+    else()
+        add_subdirectory(NUMA_INSTALL_DIR)
+    endif()
+
     if(NOT EXISTS "${NUMA_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libnuma.so")
         message(STATUS "Configuring numactl...")
         execute_process(