diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.cpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.cpp
index bb510e040b..a286f21983 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.cpp
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ unsigned int KFDBaseComponentTest::GetFamilyIdFromNodeId(unsigned int nodeId)
     return  FamilyIdFromNode(m_NodeInfo.GetNodeProperties(nodeId));
 }
 
+bool KFDBaseComponentTest::isMES(unsigned int nodeId)
+{
+    return CheckMES(m_NodeInfo.GetNodeProperties(nodeId));
+}
+
 int KFDBaseComponentTest::FindDRMRenderNode(int gpuNode) {
     HsaNodeProperties *nodeProperties;
     _HSAKMT_STATUS status;
diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.hpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.hpp
index cc87465ad5..2f9d8350e2 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.hpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDBaseComponentTest.hpp
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class KFDBaseComponentTest : public testing::Test {
 // @return DRM Render Node if successful or -1 on failure
     int FindDRMRenderNode(int gpuNode);
     unsigned int GetFamilyIdFromNodeId(unsigned int nodeId);
+    bool isMES(unsigned int nodeId);
     unsigned int GetFamilyIdFromDefaultNode(){ return m_FamilyId; }
 
     // @brief Executed before the first test that uses KFDBaseComponentTest.
diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
index fc8bd0248e..5a0401dd15 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
@@ -234,6 +234,11 @@ bool isTonga(const HsaNodeProperties *props) {
     return false;
 }
 
+bool CheckMES(const HsaNodeProperties *props) {
+    /* MES devices need GART mappings and therefore need non-paged memory */
+    return (props->EngineId.ui32.Major >= 11) ? true : false;
+}
+
 const uint32_t GetGfxVersion(const HsaNodeProperties *props) {
     return ((props->EngineId.ui32.Major << 16) |
             (props->EngineId.ui32.Minor <<  8) |
diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
index 938ff8bf69..a9f6c9d9be 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ HSAKMT_STATUS CreateQueueTypeEvent(bool ManualReset, bool IsSignaled, unsigned i
 
 bool is_dgpu();
 bool isTonga(const HsaNodeProperties *props);
+bool CheckMES(const HsaNodeProperties *props);
 bool hasPciAtomicsSupport(int node);
 unsigned int FamilyIdFromNode(const HsaNodeProperties *props);
 const uint32_t GetGfxVersion(const HsaNodeProperties *props);