diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/clr/rocclr/CMakeLists.txt
index 756f29aa91..5bd27a3d17 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -224,6 +224,13 @@ if (UNIX)
     if (LIBRT)
         target_link_libraries(amdrocclr_static PUBLIC ${LIBRT})
     endif()
+
+    find_library(LIBNUMA numa)
+    if (LIBNUMA)
+        target_compile_definitions(amdrocclr_static PUBLIC ROCCLR_SUPPORT_NUMA_POLICY)
+        target_link_libraries(amdrocclr_static PUBLIC ${LIBNUMA})
+        message(STATUS "Found: ${LIBNUMA}")
+    endif()
 endif()
 #comment out as it's not available in cmake 3.5
 #if(CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX_INITIALIZED_TO_DEFAULT)
diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/device/rocm/rocdevice.cpp b/projects/clr/rocclr/device/rocm/rocdevice.cpp
index c5e990d1a4..d3c405da57 100755
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/device/rocm/rocdevice.cpp
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/device/rocm/rocdevice.cpp
@@ -49,8 +49,10 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <vector>
 #include <algorithm>
+#ifdef ROCCLR_SUPPORT_NUMA_POLICY
 #include <numaif.h>
-#endif  // WITHOUT_HSA_BACKEND
+#endif // ROCCLR_SUPPORT_NUMA_POLICY
+#endif // WITHOUT_HSA_BaCKEND
 
 #define OPENCL_VERSION_STR XSTR(OPENCL_MAJOR) "." XSTR(OPENCL_MINOR)
 #define OPENCL_C_VERSION_STR XSTR(OPENCL_C_MAJOR) "." XSTR(OPENCL_C_MINOR)
@@ -1732,6 +1734,9 @@ void* Device::hostAgentAlloc(size_t size, const AgentInfo& agentInfo, bool atomi
 
 void* Device::hostNumaAlloc(size_t size, size_t alignment, bool atomics) const {
   void* ptr = nullptr;
+#ifndef ROCCLR_SUPPORT_NUMA_POLICY
+  ptr = hostAlloc(size, alignment, atomics);
+#else
   int mode = MPOL_DEFAULT;
   unsigned long nodeMask = 0;
   auto cpuCount = cpu_agents_.size();
@@ -1762,6 +1767,7 @@ void* Device::hostNumaAlloc(size_t size, size_t alignment, bool atomics) const {
       //  All other modes fall back to default mode
       ptr = hostAlloc(size, alignment, atomics);
   }
+#endif // ROCCLR_SUPPORT_NUMA_POLICY
   return ptr;
 }