diff --git a/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h b/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
index 9cfd21c1d2..175fd64d29 100644
--- a/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
+++ b/hipamd/include/hip/hcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ enum hipLimit_t
 #define hipEventBlockingSync        0x1  ///< Waiting will yield CPU.  Power-friendly and usage-friendly but may increase latency.
 #define hipEventDisableTiming       0x2  ///< Disable event's capability to record timing information.  May improve performance.
 #define hipEventInterprocess        0x4  ///< Event can support IPC.  @warning - not supported in HIP.
+#define hipEventDisableSystemRelease 0x80000000  /// < Disable the system-scope release that event normally performs when it records.  This flag is useful to obtain more precise timings of commands between events.  The flag is a no-op on CUDA platforms.
 
 
 //! Flags that can be used with hipHostMalloc
diff --git a/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h b/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
index aad3ffcc44..e9f926b336 100644
--- a/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
+++ b/hipamd/include/hip/nvcc_detail/hip_runtime_api.h
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ hipMemcpyHostToHost
 #define hipEventBlockingSync        cudaEventBlockingSync
 #define hipEventDisableTiming       cudaEventDisableTiming
 #define hipEventInterprocess        cudaEventInterprocess
+#define hipEventDisableSystemRelease cudaEventDefault  /* no-op on CUDA platform */
+
 
 #define hipHostMallocDefault cudaHostAllocDefault
 #define hipHostMallocPortable cudaHostAllocPortable
diff --git a/hipamd/src/hip_hcc.cpp b/hipamd/src/hip_hcc.cpp
index 81a2079b5b..e936cf3af3 100644
--- a/hipamd/src/hip_hcc.cpp
+++ b/hipamd/src/hip_hcc.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #define USE_ROCR_1_4 1
 #endif
 
+// needs HCC change for hc::no_scope
+#define USE_NO_SCOPE 0
+
 //=================================================================================================
 //Global variables:
 //=================================================================================================
@@ -364,8 +367,13 @@ void ihipStream_t::locked_recordEvent(hipEvent_t event)
     LockedAccessor_StreamCrit_t crit(_criticalData);
 
     this->ensureHaveQueue(crit);
+#if USE_NO_SCOPE
+    printf ("create_marker, flags = %x\n", event->_flags);
+    event->_marker = crit->_av.create_marker((event->_flags & hipEventDisableSystemRelease) ? hc::no_scope : hc::system_scope);
+#else
     event->_marker = crit->_av.create_marker();
-}
+#endif
+};
 
 //=============================================================================