diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/.cmake-format.yaml b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/.cmake-format.yaml
index cfe16426a5..6c371fa654 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/.cmake-format.yaml
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/.cmake-format.yaml
@@ -240,6 +240,11 @@ parse:
         PERFETTO_METRIC: '*'
         TIMEMORY_FILE: '*'
         TIMEMORY_METRIC: '*'
+    rocprofiler_configure_pytest_files:
+      kwargs:
+        COPY: '*'
+        CONFIG: '*'
+        OUTPUT_DIRECTORY: '*'
   override_spec: {}
   vartags: []
   proptags: []
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 10408a1229..ad658a6552 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ endif()
 project(rocprofiler-tests LANGUAGES C CXX)
 
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_DEFAULT_COMPONENT_NAME "tests")
+set(ROCPROFILER_SDK_TESTS_SOURCE_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+set(ROCPROFILER_SDK_TESTS_BINARY_DIR "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
 
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE
@@ -34,6 +36,9 @@ set(CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR "lib")
 # needed for validation
 find_package(Python3 REQUIRED)
 
+# configure python module <BINARY_DIR>/rocprofiler_sdk/pytest_utils
+add_subdirectory(pytest-packages)
+
 # common utilities
 add_subdirectory(common)
 
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/async-copy-tracing/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/async-copy-tracing/CMakeLists.txt
index 07f868e558..6f166dcaf8 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/async-copy-tracing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/async-copy-tracing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ set_tests_properties(
                "${async-copy-tracing-env}" FAIL_REGULAR_EXPRESSION
                "${ROCPROFILER_DEFAULT_FAIL_REGEX}")
 
-foreach(FILENAME validate.py pytest.ini conftest.py)
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILENAME}
-                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FILENAME} COPYONLY)
-endforeach()
+# copy to binary directory
+rocprofiler_configure_pytest_files(COPY validate.py conftest.py CONFIG pytest.ini)
 
 add_test(NAME test-async-copy-tracing-validate
          COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/validate.py --input
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/async-copy-tracing/pytest.ini b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/async-copy-tracing/pytest.ini
index eb3f82f5cd..5e1e1c14a0 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/async-copy-tracing/pytest.ini
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/async-copy-tracing/pytest.ini
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 [pytest]
 addopts = --durations=20 -rA -s -vv
 testpaths = validate.py
+pythonpath = @ROCPROFILER_SDK_TESTS_BINARY_DIR@/pytest-packages
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/common/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/common/CMakeLists.txt
index fd772ba7f2..92dd453a8a 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #
 
 include(FetchContent)
+include(CMakeParseArguments)
 
 set(FETCHCONTENT_BASE_DIR ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/external)
 
@@ -131,3 +132,21 @@ if(EXISTS ${EXTERNAL_SUBMODULE_DIR}/filesystem/include/ghc/filesystem.hpp)
         rocprofiler-tests-common-library SYSTEM
         INTERFACE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${EXTERNAL_SUBMODULE_DIR}/filesystem/include>)
 endif()
+
+function(rocprofiler_configure_pytest_files)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(RCPF "" "OUTPUT_DIRECTORY" "COPY;CONFIG" ${ARGN})
+
+    if(NOT RCPF_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY)
+        set(RCPF_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+    endif()
+
+    foreach(FILENAME ${RCPF_COPY})
+        configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILENAME}
+                       ${RCPF_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${FILENAME} COPYONLY)
+    endforeach()
+
+    foreach(FILENAME ${RCPF_CONFIG})
+        configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILENAME}
+                       ${RCPF_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/${FILENAME} @ONLY)
+    endforeach()
+endfunction()
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/counter-collection/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/counter-collection/CMakeLists.txt
index 75b758ed50..f405f6e18b 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/counter-collection/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/counter-collection/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@ set_tests_properties(
                "${counter-collection-env}" FAIL_REGULAR_EXPRESSION
                "${ROCPROFILER_DEFAULT_FAIL_REGEX}")
 
-foreach(FILENAME validate.py pytest.ini conftest.py)
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILENAME}
-                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FILENAME} COPYONLY)
-endforeach()
+# copy to binary directory
+rocprofiler_configure_pytest_files(COPY validate.py conftest.py CONFIG pytest.ini)
 
 add_test(NAME test-counter-collection-validate
          COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/validate.py --input
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/counter-collection/pytest.ini b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/counter-collection/pytest.ini
index 899bc38408..d657f00825 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/counter-collection/pytest.ini
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/counter-collection/pytest.ini
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 [pytest]
 addopts = --durations=20 -ras -vv
 testpaths = validate.py
+pythonpath = @ROCPROFILER_SDK_TESTS_BINARY_DIR@/pytest-packages
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/kernel-tracing/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/kernel-tracing/CMakeLists.txt
index 56c2a25245..2d5a9d13d2 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/kernel-tracing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/kernel-tracing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,10 +35,8 @@ set_tests_properties(
     PROPERTIES TIMEOUT 100 LABELS "integration-tests" ENVIRONMENT "${kernel-tracing-env}"
                FAIL_REGULAR_EXPRESSION "${ROCPROFILER_DEFAULT_FAIL_REGEX}")
 
-foreach(FILENAME validate.py pytest.ini conftest.py)
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILENAME}
-                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FILENAME} COPYONLY)
-endforeach()
+# copy to binary directory
+rocprofiler_configure_pytest_files(COPY validate.py conftest.py CONFIG pytest.ini)
 
 add_test(
     NAME test-kernel-tracing-validate
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/kernel-tracing/pytest.ini b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/kernel-tracing/pytest.ini
index eb3f82f5cd..5e1e1c14a0 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/kernel-tracing/pytest.ini
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/kernel-tracing/pytest.ini
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 [pytest]
 addopts = --durations=20 -rA -s -vv
 testpaths = validate.py
+pythonpath = @ROCPROFILER_SDK_TESTS_BINARY_DIR@/pytest-packages
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/page-migration/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/page-migration/CMakeLists.txt
index accbd909b6..d2b580ac34 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/page-migration/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/page-migration/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@ set_tests_properties(
                WORKING_DIRECTORY
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
-foreach(FILENAME validate.py pytest.ini conftest.py)
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILENAME}
-                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FILENAME} COPYONLY)
-endforeach()
+# copy to binary directory
+rocprofiler_configure_pytest_files(COPY validate.py conftest.py CONFIG pytest.ini)
 
 add_test(NAME test-page-migration-validate
          COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/validate.py --input
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/page-migration/pytest.ini b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/page-migration/pytest.ini
index eb3f82f5cd..5e1e1c14a0 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/page-migration/pytest.ini
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/page-migration/pytest.ini
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 [pytest]
 addopts = --durations=20 -rA -s -vv
 testpaths = validate.py
+pythonpath = @ROCPROFILER_SDK_TESTS_BINARY_DIR@/pytest-packages
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/pytest-packages/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/pytest-packages/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dfa7b7186
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/pytest-packages/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#
+#
+#
+
+set(PACKAGE_OUTPUT_DIR
+    ${ROCPROFILER_SDK_TESTS_BINARY_DIR}/pytest-packages/rocprofiler_sdk)
+set(PYTEST_UTILS_PYTHON_SOURCES __init__.py dotdict.py)
+
+foreach(_FILE ${PYTEST_UTILS_PYTHON_SOURCES})
+    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/pytest_utils/${_FILE}
+                   ${PACKAGE_OUTPUT_DIR}/pytest_utils/${_FILE} COPYONLY)
+endforeach()
+
+file(
+    WRITE "${PACKAGE_OUTPUT_DIR}/__init__.py"
+    "
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+from . import pytest_utils
+")
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/pytest-packages/pytest_utils/__init__.py b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/pytest-packages/pytest_utils/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24d26e36c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/pytest-packages/pytest_utils/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# MIT License
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/pytest-packages/pytest_utils/dotdict.py b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/pytest-packages/pytest_utils/dotdict.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd8b59c3a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/pytest-packages/pytest_utils/dotdict.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# MIT License
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2023 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+
+class dotdict(dict):
+    """dot.notation access to dictionary attributes"""
+
+    __getattr__ = dict.get
+    __setattr__ = dict.__setitem__
+    __delattr__ = dict.__delitem__
+
+    def __init__(self, d):
+        super(dotdict, self).__init__(d)
+        for k, v in self.items():
+            if isinstance(v, dict):
+                self.__setitem__(k, dotdict(v))
+                # print(k)
+            elif isinstance(v, list):
+                self.__setitem__(k, [dotdict(i) for i in v])
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/counter-collection/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/counter-collection/CMakeLists.txt
index 04d5e79b50..8aa3baed7a 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/counter-collection/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/counter-collection/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 # Various counter collection tests
 #
 
-foreach(FILENAME conftest.py pytest.ini)
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILENAME}
-                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FILENAME} COPYONLY)
-endforeach()
+# copy to binary directory
+rocprofiler_configure_pytest_files(COPY conftest.py CONFIG pytest.ini)
 
 add_subdirectory(input1)
 add_subdirectory(input2)
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/counter-collection/pytest.ini b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/counter-collection/pytest.ini
index 324df0a4b5..536c02a5b9 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/counter-collection/pytest.ini
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/counter-collection/pytest.ini
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ addopts = --durations=20 -rA -s -vv
 testpaths = input1/validate.py
             input2/validate.py
             list_metrics/validate.py
+pythonpath = @ROCPROFILER_SDK_TESTS_BINARY_DIR@/pytest-packages
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing-plus-cc/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing-plus-cc/CMakeLists.txt
index e4e96f91f4..b238ffbf8a 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing-plus-cc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing-plus-cc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@ project(
 
 find_package(rocprofiler-sdk REQUIRED)
 
-foreach(FILENAME validate.py conftest.py pytest.ini input.txt)
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILENAME}
-                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FILENAME} COPYONLY)
-endforeach()
+# copy to binary directory
+rocprofiler_configure_pytest_files(COPY validate.py conftest.py input.txt
+                                   CONFIG pytest.ini)
 
 # pmc3
 add_test(
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing-plus-cc/pytest.ini b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing-plus-cc/pytest.ini
index eb3f82f5cd..5e1e1c14a0 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing-plus-cc/pytest.ini
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/rocprofv3/tracing-plus-cc/pytest.ini
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 [pytest]
 addopts = --durations=20 -rA -s -vv
 testpaths = validate.py
+pythonpath = @ROCPROFILER_SDK_TESTS_BINARY_DIR@/pytest-packages
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/scratch-memory-tracing/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/scratch-memory-tracing/CMakeLists.txt
index 56eb4b14a6..b539fcab41 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/scratch-memory-tracing/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/scratch-memory-tracing/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,10 +31,8 @@ set_tests_properties(
                "${scratch-memory-tracing-env}" FAIL_REGULAR_EXPRESSION
                "threw an exception")
 
-foreach(FILENAME validate.py pytest.ini conftest.py)
-    configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/${FILENAME}
-                   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${FILENAME} COPYONLY)
-endforeach()
+# copy to binary directory
+rocprofiler_configure_pytest_files(COPY validate.py conftest.py CONFIG pytest.ini)
 
 add_test(NAME test-scratch-memory-tracing-validate
          COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/validate.py --input
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/scratch-memory-tracing/pytest.ini b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/scratch-memory-tracing/pytest.ini
index eb3f82f5cd..5e1e1c14a0 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/scratch-memory-tracing/pytest.ini
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/tests/scratch-memory-tracing/pytest.ini
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 [pytest]
 addopts = --durations=20 -rA -s -vv
 testpaths = validate.py
+pythonpath = @ROCPROFILER_SDK_TESTS_BINARY_DIR@/pytest-packages