diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
index b2da0289a9271020d8c929510f5fd549491a33c3..927e20ffe53aad40f37491355cc303b17af68054 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindDOOCS.cmake
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 SET(DOOCS_FOUND 0)
 
-list(APPEND DOOCS_FIND_COMPONENTS doocsapi)
+list(PREPEND DOOCS_FIND_COMPONENTS doocsapi)
 
 if (";${DOOCS_FIND_COMPONENTS};" MATCHES ";zmq;")
   list(APPEND DOOCS_FIND_COMPONENTS doocsdzmq)