diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/bin/rocprofv3 b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/bin/rocprofv3
index b1c984c982..5f814b103c 100755
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/bin/rocprofv3
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/bin/rocprofv3
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ usage() {
   echo -e "${GREEN}--marker-trace ${RESET}               For Collecting Marker (ROCTx) Traces"
   echo -e "${GREEN}--hip-trace ${RESET}                  For Collecting HIP Runtime Traces"
   echo -e "${GREEN}--hip-compiler-trace ${RESET}         For Collecting HIP Compiler generated code Traces"
-  echo -e "${GREEN}--sys-trace ${RESET}                  For Collecting HIP,HSA, Memory Copy, (marker)ROCTx, Kernel dispatch and HIP compiler traces\n"
+  echo -e "${GREEN}--sys-trace ${RESET}                  For Collecting HIP,HSA, Memory Copy, (marker)ROCTx and Kernel dispatch traces\n"
   echo -e "${GREEN}-o   | --output-file ${RESET}         For the output file name"
   echo -e "\t#${GREY} usage e.g:(with current dir): rocprofv3 --hsa-trace -o <file_name> <executable>"
   echo -e "\t#${GREY} usage e.g:(with custom dir):  rocprofv3 --hsa-trace -d <out_dir> -o <file_name> <executable>${RESET}\n"
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing/CMakeLists.txt
index cefd827d80..c9c5601027 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ find_package(rocprofiler-sdk REQUIRED)
 add_test(
     NAME rocprofv3-test-trace-execute
     COMMAND
-        $<TARGET_FILE:rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofv3> --hsa-trace --kernel-trace
+        $<TARGET_FILE:rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofv3> -M --hsa-trace --kernel-trace
         --memory-copy-trace --marker-trace -d ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/%argt%-trace -o
         out $<TARGET_FILE:simple-transpose>)
 
@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ set_tests_properties(
                ATTACHED_FILES_ON_FAIL
                "${VALIDATION_FILES}")
 
-# sys-trace test: tests --sys-trace command and validates generated files
+# sys-trace test: tests --sys-trace command with mangled kernel names and validates
+# generated files
 
 add_test(
     NAME rocprofv3-test-systrace-execute
     COMMAND
-        $<TARGET_FILE:rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofv3> --sys-trace -d
+        $<TARGET_FILE:rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofv3> -M --sys-trace -d
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/%argt%-systrace -o out
         $<TARGET_FILE:simple-transpose>)
 
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing/validate.py b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing/validate.py
index 809a411f97..310b80137a 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing/validate.py
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing/validate.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import sys
 import pytest
+import re
 
 
 def test_hsa_api_trace(hsa_input_data):
@@ -36,12 +37,13 @@ def test_hsa_api_trace(hsa_input_data):
 
 
 def test_kernel_trace(kernel_input_data):
+    mangled_kernel_name = "_Z15matrixTransposePfS_i.kd"
     for row in kernel_input_data:
         assert row["Kind"] == "KERNEL_DISPATCH"
         assert int(row["Agent_Id"]) > 0
         assert int(row["Queue_Id"]) > 0
         assert int(row["Kernel_Id"]) > 0
-        assert row["Kernel_Name"] == "matrixTranspose(float*, float*, int)"
+        assert row["Kernel_Name"] == mangled_kernel_name
         assert int(row["Correlation_Id"]) > 0
         assert int(row["Workgroup_Size_X"]) == 4
         assert int(row["Workgroup_Size_Y"]) == 4