diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler/tests-v2/featuretests/tracer/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler/tests-v2/featuretests/tracer/CMakeLists.txt
index 99c61a1e88..c6b1c2bb35 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler/tests-v2/featuretests/tracer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler/tests-v2/featuretests/tracer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ file(GLOB GTEST_MAIN_SRC_FILE ${GTEST_MAIN_DIR}/*.cpp)
 set_source_files_properties(apps/hello_world.cpp PROPERTIES HIP_SOURCE_PROPERTY_FORMAT 1)
 hip_add_executable(tracer_hip_helloworld apps/hello_world.cpp)
 set_target_properties(tracer_hip_helloworld PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/tests-v2/featuretests/tracer/apps")
+target_link_options(tracer_hip_helloworld PRIVATE "-Wl,--build-id=md5")
+install(TARGETS tracer_hip_helloworld RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/tests/featuretests/tracer/apps COMPONENT tests)
 
 #hsa-mem_async_copy and async_copy_on_engine
 set_source_files_properties(apps/copy_on_engine.cpp PROPERTIES HIP_SOURCE_PROPERTY_FORMAT 1)
@@ -48,4 +50,11 @@ target_include_directories(runTracerFeatureTests PRIVATE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} $
 target_link_libraries(runTracerFeatureTests PRIVATE hsa-runtime64::hsa-runtime64
                                               GTest::gtest GTest::gtest_main
                                               Threads::Threads dl stdc++fs)
+target_link_options(runTracerFeatureTests PRIVATE "-Wl,--build-id=md5")
+install(TARGETS runTracerFeatureTests RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/tests COMPONENT tests)                                              
 add_dependencies(tests runTracerFeatureTests)
+
+install(
+  DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/apps/goldentraces/
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}/tests/featuretests/tracer/apps/goldentraces
+  COMPONENT tests)
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler/tests-v2/featuretests/tracer/tracer_gtest.cpp b/projects/rocprofiler/tests-v2/featuretests/tracer/tracer_gtest.cpp
index c55224814c..3b4c64c21d 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler/tests-v2/featuretests/tracer/tracer_gtest.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler/tests-v2/featuretests/tracer/tracer_gtest.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #include <ostream>
 #include <vector>
 #include "tracer_gtest.h"
+#include "src/utils/logger.h"
 
 std::string running_path;
 std::string lib_path;
@@ -34,7 +35,8 @@ std::string profiler_api_lib_path = "";
 
 static void init_test_path() {
   if (is_installed_path()) {
-    running_path = "share/rocprofiler/tracer/runTracerFeatureTests";
+    INFO_LOGGING("operating from /opt/rocm");
+    running_path = "share/rocprofiler/tests/runTracerFeatureTests";
     lib_path = "lib/rocprofiler/librocprofiler_tool.so";
     golden_trace_path = "share/rocprofiler/tests/featuretests/tracer/apps/goldentraces/";
     test_app_path = "share/rocprofiler/tests/featuretests/tracer/apps/";
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ static void init_test_path() {
     binary_path = "bin/rocprofv2";
     profiler_api_lib_path = "/lib";
   } else {
+    INFO_LOGGING("operating from ./build");
     running_path = "tests-v2/featuretests/tracer/runTracerFeatureTests";
     lib_path = "librocprofiler_tool.so";
     golden_trace_path = "tests-v2/featuretests/tracer/apps/goldentraces/";
@@ -120,9 +123,8 @@ void ApplicationParser::GetKernelInfoForGoldenOutput(
     const char* app_name, std::string file_name,
     std::vector<tracer_kernel_info_t>* kernel_info_output) {
   std::string entry;
-  std::string path = GetRunningPath("runTracerFeatureTests");
-  entry = path.append("apps/goldentraces/") + file_name;
-
+  std::string path = GetRunningPath(running_path);
+  entry = path.append(golden_trace_path) + file_name;
   // parse kernel info fields for golden output
   ParseKernelInfoFields(entry, kernel_info_output);
 }