diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_config_interfaces.cmake b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_config_interfaces.cmake
index 4d67246bda..8aadc8dcff 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_config_interfaces.cmake
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_config_interfaces.cmake
@@ -252,35 +252,48 @@ rocprofiler_config_nolink_target(rocprofiler-sdk-hsakmt-nolink hsakmt::hsakmt)
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 
-find_path(
-    drm_INCLUDE_DIR
-    NAMES drm.h
-    HINTS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
-    PATHS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
-    PATH_SUFFIXES include/drm include/libdrm include REQUIRED)
+find_package(PkgConfig)
 
-find_path(
-    xf86drm_INCLUDE_DIR
-    NAMES xf86drm.h
-    HINTS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
-    PATHS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
-    PATH_SUFFIXES include/drm include/libdrm include REQUIRED)
+if(PkgConfig_FOUND)
+    pkg_check_modules(DRM REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libdrm)
+    pkg_check_modules(DRM_AMDGPU REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libdrm_amdgpu)
 
-find_library(
-    drm_LIBRARY
-    NAMES drm
-    HINTS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
-    PATHS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu REQUIRED)
+    target_include_directories(rocprofiler-sdk-drm SYSTEM
+                               INTERFACE ${DRM_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${DRM_AMDGPU_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    target_link_libraries(rocprofiler-sdk-drm INTERFACE PkgConfig::DRM
+                                                        PkgConfig::DRM_AMDGPU)
+else()
+    find_path(
+        drm_INCLUDE_DIR
+        NAMES drm.h
+        HINTS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
+        PATHS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
+        PATH_SUFFIXES include/drm include/libdrm include REQUIRED)
 
-find_library(
-    drm_amdgpu_LIBRARY
-    NAMES drm_amdgpu
-    HINTS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
-    PATHS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu REQUIRED)
+    find_path(
+        xf86drm_INCLUDE_DIR
+        NAMES xf86drm.h
+        HINTS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
+        PATHS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
+        PATH_SUFFIXES include/drm include/libdrm include REQUIRED)
 
-target_include_directories(rocprofiler-sdk-drm SYSTEM INTERFACE ${drm_INCLUDE_DIR}
-                                                                ${xf86drm_INCLUDE_DIR})
-target_link_libraries(rocprofiler-sdk-drm INTERFACE ${drm_LIBRARY} ${drm_amdgpu_LIBRARY})
+    find_library(
+        drm_LIBRARY
+        NAMES drm
+        HINTS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
+        PATHS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu REQUIRED)
+
+    find_library(
+        drm_amdgpu_LIBRARY
+        NAMES drm_amdgpu
+        HINTS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu
+        PATHS ${rocm_version_DIR} ${ROCM_PATH} /opt/amdgpu REQUIRED)
+
+    target_include_directories(rocprofiler-sdk-drm SYSTEM
+                               INTERFACE ${drm_INCLUDE_DIR} ${xf86drm_INCLUDE_DIR})
+    target_link_libraries(rocprofiler-sdk-drm INTERFACE ${drm_LIBRARY}
+                                                        ${drm_amdgpu_LIBRARY})
+endif()
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
 #
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_interfaces.cmake b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_interfaces.cmake
index df604b80ff..f5ca29f6b9 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_interfaces.cmake
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_interfaces.cmake
@@ -92,21 +92,20 @@ rocprofiler_add_interface_library(rocprofiler-sdk-drm "drm (amdgpu) library" INT
 # runtime library
 #
 
-rocprofiler_add_interface_library(
+rocprofiler_add_nolink_interface_library(
     rocprofiler-sdk-hip-nolink "rocprofiler-sdk-hip without linking to HIP library"
     IMPORTED)
-rocprofiler_add_interface_library(
+rocprofiler_add_nolink_interface_library(
     rocprofiler-sdk-hsa-runtime-nolink
     "rocprofiler-sdk-hsa-runtime without linking to HSA library" IMPORTED)
-rocprofiler_add_interface_library(
+rocprofiler_add_nolink_interface_library(
     rocprofiler-sdk-hsakmt-nolink
     "rocprofiler-sdk-hsakmt without linking to HSAKMT library" IMPORTED)
-rocprofiler_add_interface_library(rocprofiler-sdk-rccl-nolink
-                                  "RCCL headers without linking to RCCL library" IMPORTED)
-rocprofiler_add_interface_library(
+rocprofiler_add_nolink_interface_library(
+    rocprofiler-sdk-rccl-nolink "RCCL headers without linking to RCCL library" IMPORTED)
+rocprofiler_add_nolink_interface_library(
     rocprofiler-sdk-rocdecode-nolink
     "ROCDECODE headers without linking to ROCDECODE library" IMPORTED)
-
-rocprofiler_add_interface_library(
+rocprofiler_add_nolink_interface_library(
     rocprofiler-sdk-rocjpeg-nolink "ROCJPEG headers without linking to ROCJPEG library"
     IMPORTED)
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_utilities.cmake b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_utilities.cmake
index 4bd5e7062b..4d7bcd8055 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_utilities.cmake
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_utilities.cmake
@@ -350,6 +350,16 @@ function(ROCPROFILER_ADD_INTERFACE_LIBRARY _TARGET _DESCRIPT)
     endif()
 endfunction()
 
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# macro to add an interface lib for nolink targets
+#
+function(ROCPROFILER_ADD_NOLINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARY _TARGET _DESCRIPT)
+    rocprofiler_add_interface_library(${_TARGET} "${_DESCRIPT}" ${ARGN})
+    # this is a nolink target so it's include dirs, etc. should propagate to the headers
+    # target
+    target_link_libraries(rocprofiler-sdk-headers INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${_TARGET}>)
+endfunction()
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # function add_feature(<NAME> <DOCSTRING>) Add a project feature, whose activation is
 # specified by the existence of the variable <NAME>, to the list of enabled/disabled
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/CMakeLists.txt
index 252e38e884..dace37e58f 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/rocprofiler-sdk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,18 +60,12 @@ add_subdirectory(ompt)
 target_link_libraries(
     rocprofiler-sdk-object-library
     PUBLIC rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-headers
-           rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-hip-nolink
-           rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-hsa-runtime-nolink
-           rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-rccl-nolink
-           rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-rocdecode-nolink
-           rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-rocjpeg-nolink
     PRIVATE rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-build-flags
             rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-memcheck
             rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-common-library
             rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-amd-comgr
             rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-hsa-aql
             rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-drm
-            rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-hsakmt-nolink
             rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-dw)
 
 target_compile_definitions(rocprofiler-sdk-object-library PRIVATE rocprofiler_EXPORTS=1)
@@ -95,12 +89,8 @@ target_sources(
             shared_library.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(
     rocprofiler-sdk-shared-library
-    INTERFACE rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-headers
-              $<BUILD_INTERFACE:rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-hsa-runtime-nolink>
-              $<BUILD_INTERFACE:rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-hip-nolink>
-    PRIVATE rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-hsa-runtime-nolink
-            rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-hip-nolink
-            rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-build-flags
+    PUBLIC rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-headers
+    PRIVATE rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-build-flags
             rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-memcheck
             rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-common-library
             rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-cxx-filesystem
@@ -140,8 +130,6 @@ target_sources(rocprofiler-sdk-static-library
 target_link_libraries(
     rocprofiler-sdk-static-library
     PUBLIC rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-headers
-           rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-hsa-runtime-nolink
-           rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-hip-nolink
            $<BUILD_INTERFACE:rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-dw>
     PRIVATE rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-common-library
             rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-object-library)