diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDCWSRTest.cpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDCWSRTest.cpp
index bc9b9698f9..5a4dbb4340 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDCWSRTest.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDCWSRTest.cpp
@@ -114,6 +114,14 @@ void KFDCWSRTest::TearDown() {
     ROUTINE_END
 }
 
+bool isOnEmulator() {
+    uint32_t isEmuMode = 0;
+
+    fscanf_dec("/sys/module/amdgpu/parameters/emu_mode", &isEmuMode);
+
+    return isEmuMode;
+}
+
 /**
  * KFDCWSRTest.BasicTest
  *
@@ -135,6 +143,14 @@ TEST_F(KFDCWSRTest, BasicTest) {
         int count1 = 40000000;
         int count2 = 20000000;
 
+        if (isOnEmulator()) {
+            // Divide the iterator times by 1000 so that the test can
+            // finish in a reasonable time.
+            count1 /= 1000;
+            count2 /= 1000;
+            LOG() << "On Emulators" << std::endl;
+        }
+
         unsigned int* result1 = resultBuf1.As<unsigned int*>();
         unsigned int* result2 = resultBuf2.As<unsigned int*>();
         const char *pIterateIsa;
diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
index f8743cb020..b55cd80247 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
@@ -39,6 +39,31 @@ void WaitUntilInput() {
     } while (dummy != 10); // enter key's ascii value is 10
 }
 
+/* fscanf_dec - read a file whose content is a decimal number
+ *      @file [IN ] file to read
+ *      @num [OUT] number in the file
+ *
+ * It is copied from the same function in libhsakmt
+ */
+HSAKMT_STATUS fscanf_dec(const char *file, uint32_t *num)
+{
+    FILE *fd;
+    HSAKMT_STATUS ret = HSAKMT_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+
+    fd = fopen(file, "r");
+    if (!fd) {
+        LOG() << "Failed to open " << file << std::endl;
+        return HSAKMT_STATUS_INVALID_PARAMETER;
+    }
+    if (fscanf(fd, "%u", num) != 1) {
+        LOG() << "Failed to parse as a decimal: " << file << std::endl;;
+        ret = HSAKMT_STATUS_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    fclose(fd);
+    return ret;
+}
+
 uint64_t RoundToPowerOf2(uint64_t val) {
   int bytes = sizeof(uint64_t);
 
diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
index 139fbd1513..28847f370e 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class BaseQueue;
 #define CounterToNanoSec(x) ((x) * 1000 / (is_dgpu() ? 27 : 100))
 
 void WaitUntilInput();
+HSAKMT_STATUS fscanf_dec(const char *file, uint32_t *num);
 uint64_t RoundToPowerOf2(uint64_t val);
 
 // @brief: waits until the value is written to the buffer or until time out if received through args