diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/samples/common/utilities.h b/projects/rocr-runtime/samples/common/utilities.h
index 3c781bb780..4238efd61e 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/samples/common/utilities.h
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/samples/common/utilities.h
@@ -11,8 +11,25 @@
 #include<iostream>
 using namespace std;
 
+
+
 #define HSA_ARGUMENT_ALIGN_BYTES 16
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+  #define ALIGNED_(x) __declspec(align(x))
+
+#pragma warning(disable: 4800)
+#pragma warning(disable: 4305) // truncation from 'double' to 'const float'
+#pragma warning(disable: 4267) // conversion from 'size_t' to 'int', possible loss of data
+
+typedef unsigned int uint;
+
+#else
+  #if defined(__GNUC__)
+    #define ALIGNED_(x) __attribute__ ((aligned(x)))
+  #endif // __GNUC__
+#endif // _MSC_VER
+
 #define SDK_FAILURE 1
 #define SDK_SUCCESS 0