diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fc61af7..b2b594e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ if (MAGMA_ENABLE_HIP)
     set(GPU_ARCH_FLAGS ${DEVCCFLAGS})
 
     #add_compile_options(${GPU_ARCH_FLAGS})
-    set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -D__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__" )
+    set( CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -D__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__ -DHIPBLAS_V2" )
     option(ROCM_CORE "Location of the rocm-core package")
     execute_process(COMMAND "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/get-rocm-version.sh" "${ROCM_CORE}" OUTPUT_VARIABLE ROCM_VERSION OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
     message(STATUS "ROCM_VERSION=${ROCM_VERSION}")
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 44880ab..afaab45 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -846,7 +846,7 @@ ifeq ($(BACKEND),cuda)
 d_ext := cu
 else ifeq ($(BACKEND),hip)
 d_ext := cpp
-CXXFLAGS += -D__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__
+CXXFLAGS += -D__HIP_PLATFORM_AMD__ -DHIPBLAS_V2
 CXXFLAGS += -DROCM_VERSION=$(shell ./tools/get-rocm-version.sh)
 endif