diff --git a/include/hsakmttypes.h b/include/hsakmttypes.h
index 9f1b2ccb24..86cf248fa2 100644
--- a/include/hsakmttypes.h
+++ b/include/hsakmttypes.h
@@ -567,7 +567,9 @@ typedef struct _HsaMemFlags
             unsigned int NoAddress:     1; // only do vram allocation, return a handle, not allocate virtual address.
             unsigned int OnlyAddress:   1; // only do virtal address allocation without vram allocation.
             unsigned int ExtendedCoherent: 1;  // system-scope coherence on atomic instructions
-            unsigned int Reserved:     11;
+            unsigned int GTTAccess:     1;  // default = 0; If 1: The caller indicates this memory will be mapped to GART for MES
+					    // KFD will allocate GTT memory with the Preferred_node set as gpu_id for GART mapping
+            unsigned int Reserved:     10;
 
         } ui32;
         HSAuint32 Value;
diff --git a/src/memory.c b/src/memory.c
index 5eeaa9fecc..f121726f77 100644
--- a/src/memory.c
+++ b/src/memory.c
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ HSAKMT_STATUS HSAKMTAPI hsaKmtAllocMemory(HSAuint32 PreferredNode,
 	}
 
 	/* GPU allocated system memory */
-	if (!gpu_id || !MemFlags.ui32.NonPaged || zfb_support) {
+	if (!gpu_id || !MemFlags.ui32.NonPaged || zfb_support || MemFlags.ui32.GTTAccess) {
 		/* Backwards compatibility hack: Allocate system memory if app
 		 * asks for paged memory from a GPU node.
 		 */