diff --git a/hipamd/bin/hipcc b/hipamd/bin/hipcc
index 44b1e85a33..3ef1ad1a8a 100755
--- a/hipamd/bin/hipcc
+++ b/hipamd/bin/hipcc
@@ -79,6 +79,11 @@ if ($HIP_PLATFORM eq "hcc") {
 	$HIPLDFLAGS .= " -L$HSA_PATH/lib -lhsa-runtime64 -lhc_am";
 
     # Add trace marker library:
+    # TODO - once we cleanly separate the HIP API headers from HIP library headers this logic should move to CMakebuild option - apps do not need to see the marker library.
+    $marker_inc_path = "$marker_path/include";
+    if (-e $marker_inc_path) {
+        $HIPCXXFLAGS .= " -I$marker_inc_path";
+    }
 
     $marker_lib_path = "$marker_path/bin/x86_64";
     if (-e $marker_lib_path) {