diff --git a/projects/clr/hipamd/hip-config-amd.cmake b/projects/clr/hipamd/hip-config-amd.cmake
index b27029be8c..00f05dc9c9 100755
--- a/projects/clr/hipamd/hip-config-amd.cmake
+++ b/projects/clr/hipamd/hip-config-amd.cmake
@@ -178,6 +178,12 @@ if( CLANGRT_Error )
 else()
   # Add support for __fp16 and _Float16, explicitly link with compiler-rt
   if( "${CLANGRT_BUILTINS_FETCH_EXIT_CODE}" STREQUAL "0" )
+    # The HIP_CXX_COMPILER by default prefers backward slashes for path seperators on windows.
+    # Prefer forward slashes here to avoid escaping issues on certain build systems.
+    if(WIN32)
+      string(REPLACE "\\" "/" CLANGRT_BUILTINS ${CLANGRT_BUILTINS})
+    endif()
+
     # CLANG_RT Builtins found Successfully Set interface link libraries property
     set_property(TARGET hip::host APPEND PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${CLANGRT_BUILTINS}")
     set_property(TARGET hip::device APPEND PROPERTY INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${CLANGRT_BUILTINS}")