diff --git a/cmake/features.cmake b/cmake/features.cmake
index b785cddabe1..bfa3a05481d 100644
--- a/cmake/features.cmake
+++ b/cmake/features.cmake
@@ -162,7 +162,15 @@ else()
     set(ENABLE_SYSTEM_FLATBUFFERS_DEFAULT ON)
 endif()
 
-ov_dependent_option (ENABLE_SYSTEM_TBB  "Enables use of system TBB" OFF "THREADING MATCHES TBB" OFF)
+# use system TBB only for Debian / RPM packages
+if(CPACK_GENERATOR MATCHES "^(DEB|RPM|CONDA-FORGE|BREW|CONAN|VCPKG)$")
+    set(ENABLE_SYSTEM_TBB_DEFAULT ${ENABLE_SYSTEM_LIBS_DEFAULT})
+else()
+    set(ENABLE_SYSTEM_TBB_DEFAULT OFF)
+endif()
+
+ov_dependent_option (ENABLE_SYSTEM_TBB  "Enables use of system TBB" ${ENABLE_SYSTEM_TBB_DEFAULT}
+    "THREADING MATCHES TBB" OFF)
 ov_option (ENABLE_SYSTEM_PUGIXML "Enables use of system PugiXML" OFF)
 # the option is on by default, because we use only flatc compiler and don't use any libraries
 ov_dependent_option(ENABLE_SYSTEM_FLATBUFFERS "Enables use of system flatbuffers" ${ENABLE_SYSTEM_FLATBUFFERS_DEFAULT}