diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocr-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index 764d9c00e9..b63ff21e18 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -351,13 +351,21 @@ set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${PACKAGE_VERSION_STR}")
 
 # Setting devel package dependendent version
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libdrm-dev, rocm-core")
-set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RECOMMENDS "libdrm-amdgpu-amdgpu1")
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "libdrm-amdgpu-amdgpu1")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_REPLACES "hsakmt-roct")
 
-# Certain versions of rpm can't handle SUGGESTS or RECOMMENDS
-# Also, CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RECOMMENDS isn't supported by
-# CPack, so just set libdrm-amdgpu as a requirement for RPMs
-set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "libdrm-devel, rocm-core, libdrm-amdgpu")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "libdrm-devel, rocm-core")
+
+# NOTE: CentOS/RHEL <8 and SUSE <10  have no concept of "Suggests"
+# so a "suggests" field will just cause rpm installation to fail
+# If the HSAKMT_REQUIRES_LIBDRM variable is true in the build
+# environment, we use REQUIRES. Otherwise we use SUGGESTS
+# For the distros above, this variable should be set to true
+if(DEFINED HSAKMT_REQUIRES_LIBDRM)
+  string ( APPEND CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ", libdrm-amdgpu" )
+else()
+  set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_SUGGESTS "libdrm-amdgpu" )
+endif()
 
 # Set the names now using CPACK utility
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_FILE_NAME "DEB-DEFAULT")