diff --git a/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime.h b/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime.h
index 80da388007..8c08f3d151 100644
--- a/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime.h
+++ b/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime.h
@@ -109,6 +109,10 @@ kernelName<<<numblocks,numthreads,memperblock,streamId>>>(__VA_ARGS__);\
 
 #define HIP_DYNAMIC_SHARED_ATTRIBUTE
 
+#ifdef __HIP_DEVICE_COMPILE__
+#define abort() {asm("trap;");}
+#endif
+
 #endif
 
 #endif