diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 769481adf4..e389134902 100755
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ set(SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX
 # provide git to utilities
 find_program (GIT NAMES git)
 
+# sets DRM_INCLUDE_DIRS
+pkg_check_modules(DRM REQUIRED libdrm)
 
 ## Setup the package version based on git tags.
 set(PKG_VERSION_GIT_TAG_PREFIX "rsmi_pkg_ver")
diff --git a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt
index 445c4f6ccd..5b837a2630 100755
--- a/projects/rocm-smi-lib/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocm-smi-lib/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ target_include_directories(${ROCM_SMI_TARGET}
                            "$<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>"
 )
 
+target_include_directories(${ROCM_SMI_TARGET} INTERFACE ${DRM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
 ## Set the VERSION and SOVERSION values
 set_property(TARGET ${ROCM_SMI_TARGET} PROPERTY
              SOVERSION "${VERSION_MAJOR}")