diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e49bfb4f0..d7c04dde39 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ endif()
 
 find_package(Git)
 
-if(Git_FOUND AND EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
+if(Git_FOUND AND (EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../.git"
+                  OR EXISTS "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git"))
     execute_process(
         COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --tags
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE ROCPROFILER_SDK_GIT_DESCRIBE
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_config_packaging.cmake b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_config_packaging.cmake
index efec16fb6d..221aaef5a6 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_config_packaging.cmake
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/cmake/rocprofiler_config_packaging.cmake
@@ -58,14 +58,15 @@ list(REMOVE_ITEM ROCPROFILER_PACKAGING_COMPONENTS "Development" "Unspecified")
 list(LENGTH ROCPROFILER_PACKAGING_COMPONENTS NUM_ROCPROFILER_PACKAGING_COMPONENTS)
 
 # the packages we will generate
-set(ROCPROFILER_COMPONENT_GROUPS "core" "docs" "tests" "roctx" "rocpd")
+set(ROCPROFILER_COMPONENT_GROUPS "core" "docs" "tests" "roctx" "rocpd" "benchmark")
 
-set(COMPONENT_GROUP_core_COMPONENTS "core" "development" "samples" "tools" "benchmark"
-                                    "Development" "Unspecified")
+set(COMPONENT_GROUP_core_COMPONENTS "core" "development" "samples" "tools" "Development"
+                                    "Unspecified")
 set(COMPONENT_GROUP_docs_COMPONENTS "docs")
 set(COMPONENT_GROUP_tests_COMPONENTS "tests")
 set(COMPONENT_GROUP_roctx_COMPONENTS "roctx")
 set(COMPONENT_GROUP_rocpd_COMPONENTS "rocpd")
+set(COMPONENT_GROUP_benchmark_COMPONENTS "benchmark")
 
 # variables for each component group. Note: eventually we will probably want to separate
 # the core to just be the runtime libraries, development to be the headers and cmake
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ set(COMPONENT_NAME_docs "rocprofiler-sdk-docs")
 set(COMPONENT_NAME_tests "rocprofiler-sdk-tests")
 set(COMPONENT_NAME_roctx "rocprofiler-sdk-roctx")
 set(COMPONENT_NAME_rocpd "rocprofiler-sdk-rocpd")
+set(COMPONENT_NAME_benchmark "rocprofiler-sdk-benchmark")
 
 set(COMPONENT_DEP_core "rocprofiler-sdk-roctx (>= ${PROJECT_VERSION})"
                        "rocprofiler-sdk-rocpd (>= ${PROJECT_VERSION})")
@@ -86,12 +88,14 @@ set(COMPONENT_DEP_tests
     "rocprofiler-sdk-rocpd (>= ${PROJECT_VERSION})")
 set(COMPONENT_DEP_roctx "rocprofiler-register")
 set(COMPONENT_DEP_rocpd "")
+set(COMPONENT_DEP_benchmark "rocprofiler-sdk (>= ${PROJECT_VERSION})")
 
 set(COMPONENT_DESC_core "rocprofiler-sdk libraries, headers, samples, and tools")
 set(COMPONENT_DESC_docs "rocprofiler-sdk documentation")
 set(COMPONENT_DESC_tests "rocprofiler-sdk tests")
 set(COMPONENT_DESC_roctx "ROCm Tools Extension library and headers")
 set(COMPONENT_DESC_rocpd "ROCm Profiling Data library and headers")
+set(COMPONENT_DESC_benchmark "rocprofiler-sdk benchmark")
 
 set(EXPECTED_PACKAGING_COMPONENTS 7)
 if(ROCPROFILER_BUILD_DOCS)
@@ -108,14 +112,20 @@ if(NOT NUM_ROCPROFILER_PACKAGING_COMPONENTS EQUAL EXPECTED_PACKAGING_COMPONENTS)
         )
 endif()
 
+# default values
+set(_DEB_PACKAGE_DEPENDS)
+set(_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES)
+
+# append rocm-core dependency if option specified
 if(ROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE OR ROCPROFILER_DEP_ROCMCORE)
-    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "rocm-core")
-    set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "rocm-core")
-else()
-    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "")
-    set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "")
+    set(_DEB_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "rocm-core")
+    set(_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "rocm-core")
 endif()
 
+# support general cache variables
+list(APPEND _DEB_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ${ROCPROFILER_CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS})
+list(APPEND _RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ${ROCPROFILER_CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES})
+
 foreach(COMPONENT_GROUP ${ROCPROFILER_COMPONENT_GROUPS})
     set(_DEP "${COMPONENT_DEP_${COMPONENT_GROUP}}")
     set(_NAME "${COMPONENT_NAME_${COMPONENT_GROUP}}")
@@ -165,14 +175,20 @@ set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_GENERATE_SHLIBS_POLICY ">=")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS_PRIVATE_DIRS
     ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
     ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME})
+if(rocm_version_DIR)
+    # library directory of ROCm install is treated as private directory for shlibdeps
+    # since most ROCm packages do not set CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_GENERATE_SHLIBS=ON
+    list(APPEND CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_SHLIBDEPS_PRIVATE_DIRS
+         "${rocm_version_DIR}/${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+endif()
 if(DEFINED ENV{CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RELEASE})
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RELEASE
         "$ENV{CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RELEASE}"
         CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 endif()
 
-rocprofiler_set_package_depends(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS
-                                "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}" "Debian" OFF)
+rocprofiler_set_package_depends(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${_DEB_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}"
+                                "Debian" OFF)
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_FILE_NAME "DEB-DEFAULT")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 
@@ -200,6 +216,9 @@ if(DEFINED ENV{CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE})
         CACHE STRING "" FORCE)
 endif()
 
+rocprofiler_set_package_depends(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES}"
+                                "RedHat" ON)
+
 # Get rpm distro
 if(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE)
     set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE_DIST ON)
diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/python/utilities.cmake b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/python/utilities.cmake
index 439f5aa1bb..1bc9171a3e 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/python/utilities.cmake
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler-sdk/source/lib/python/utilities.cmake
@@ -28,15 +28,26 @@ macro(rocprofiler_reset_python3_cache)
     endforeach()
 endmacro()
 
+# use Development.Module for manylinux compatibility
+set(ROCPROFILER_BUILD_Find_Python3_COMPONENTS
+    "Interpreter;Development.Module"
+    CACHE STRING "Components to find for Python3")
+
+if(ROCPROFILER_MEMCHECK)
+    # override with local variable for sanitizers. Sanitizers need Development (full) to
+    # get Python3_LIBRARIES for linking
+    set(ROCPROFILER_BUILD_Find_Python3_COMPONENTS "Interpreter" "Development")
+endif()
+
 macro(rocprofiler_find_python3 _VERSION)
     rocprofiler_reset_python3_cache()
 
     if("${_VERSION}" MATCHES "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)$")
         find_package(Python3 ${_VERSION} EXACT ${ARGN} REQUIRED MODULE
-                     COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+                     COMPONENTS ${ROCPROFILER_BUILD_Find_Python3_COMPONENTS})
     elseif("${_VERSION}" MATCHES "^([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)$")
         find_package(Python3 ${_VERSION}.0...${_VERSION}.999 ${ARGN} REQUIRED MODULE
-                     COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+                     COMPONENTS ${ROCPROFILER_BUILD_Find_Python3_COMPONENTS})
     else()
         message(
             FATAL_ERROR
@@ -56,7 +67,8 @@ function(get_default_python_versions _VAR)
     set(_PYTHON_FOUND_VERSIONS)
 
     foreach(_VER IN LISTS ROCPROFILER_PYTHON_VERSION_CANDIDATES)
-        find_package(Python3 ${_VER} EXACT QUIET COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+        find_package(Python3 ${_VER} EXACT QUIET
+                     COMPONENTS ${ROCPROFILER_BUILD_Find_Python3_COMPONENTS})
         if(Python3_FOUND)
             list(APPEND _PYTHON_FOUND_VERSIONS
                  "${Python3_VERSION_MAJOR}.${Python3_VERSION_MINOR}")
@@ -65,7 +77,7 @@ function(get_default_python_versions _VAR)
 
     # If none found, do one last check for 3.6 (no EXACT)
     if(NOT _PYTHON_FOUND_VERSIONS)
-        find_package(Python3 3.6 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
+        find_package(Python3 3.6 COMPONENTS ${ROCPROFILER_BUILD_Find_Python3_COMPONENTS})
         if(Python3_FOUND)
             list(APPEND _PYTHON_FOUND_VERSIONS
                  "${Python3_VERSION_MAJOR}.${Python3_VERSION_MINOR}")
@@ -112,7 +124,14 @@ function(rocprofiler_roctx_python_bindings _VERSION)
     target_link_libraries(
         rocprofiler-sdk-roctx-python-bindings-${_VERSION}
         PRIVATE rocprofiler-sdk-roctx::rocprofiler-sdk-roctx-shared-library
-                rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-pybind11 ${Python3_LIBRARIES})
+                rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-pybind11)
+
+    # if "Development" is specified instead of "Development.Module", we need to link to
+    # python libraries
+    if("Development" IN_LIST ROCPROFILER_BUILD_Find_Python3_COMPONENTS)
+        target_link_libraries(rocprofiler-sdk-roctx-python-bindings-${_VERSION}
+                              PRIVATE ${Python3_LIBRARIES})
+    endif()
 
     set_target_properties(
         rocprofiler-sdk-roctx-python-bindings-${_VERSION}
@@ -190,8 +209,14 @@ function(rocprofiler_rocpd_python_bindings _VERSION)
                 rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-gotcha
                 rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-dw
                 rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-static-library
-                rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-rocpd-library
-                ${Python3_LIBRARIES})
+                rocprofiler-sdk::rocprofiler-sdk-rocpd-library)
+
+    # if "Development" is specified instead of "Development.Module", we need to link to
+    # python libraries
+    if("Development" IN_LIST ROCPROFILER_BUILD_Find_Python3_COMPONENTS)
+        target_link_libraries(rocprofiler-sdk-rocpd-python-bindings-${_VERSION}
+                              PRIVATE ${Python3_LIBRARIES})
+    endif()
 
     set_target_properties(
         rocprofiler-sdk-rocpd-python-bindings-${_VERSION}