diff --git a/projects/amdsmi/.gitignore b/projects/amdsmi/.gitignore
index 632b6ea6c9..3729043d02 100644
--- a/projects/amdsmi/.gitignore
+++ b/projects/amdsmi/.gitignore
@@ -117,12 +117,12 @@ CTestTestfile.cmake
 _deps
 
 #
-# ROCm files
-# Removes generated config headers like rocmsmi64Config.h & oamConfig.h
+# below files are generated via CMake
 #
 *Config.h
+python_smi_tools/rsmiBindings.py
 
 #
 # Fake SYSFS files
 #
-/device/*
\ No newline at end of file
+/device/*
diff --git a/projects/amdsmi/python_smi_tools/rsmiBindings.py b/projects/amdsmi/python_smi_tools/rsmiBindings.py.in
similarity index 98%
rename from projects/amdsmi/python_smi_tools/rsmiBindings.py
rename to projects/amdsmi/python_smi_tools/rsmiBindings.py.in
index d3a81ee411..b6e7f2474d 100644
--- a/projects/amdsmi/python_smi_tools/rsmiBindings.py
+++ b/projects/amdsmi/python_smi_tools/rsmiBindings.py.in
@@ -12,16 +12,16 @@ import os
 # Use ROCm installation path if running from standard installation
 # With File Reorg rsmiBindings.py will be installed in  /opt/rocm/libexec/rocm_smi.
 # relative path changed accordingly
-path_librocm = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/../../lib/librocm_smi64.so'
+path_librocm = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) + '/../../@CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR@/librocm_smi64.so.@VERSION_MAJOR@'
 if not os.path.isfile(path_librocm):
     print('Unable to find %s . Trying /opt/rocm*' % path_librocm)
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk('/opt', followlinks=True):
-        if 'librocm_smi64.so' in files:
-            path_librocm = os.path.join(os.path.realpath(root), 'librocm_smi64.so')
+        if 'librocm_smi64.so.@VERSION_MAJOR@' in files:
+            path_librocm = os.path.join(os.path.realpath(root), 'librocm_smi64.so.@VERSION_MAJOR@')
     if os.path.isfile(path_librocm):
         print('Using lib from %s' % path_librocm)
     else:
-        print('Unable to find librocm_smi64.so')
+        print('Unable to find librocm_smi64.so.@VERSION_MAJOR@')
 
 # ----------> TODO: Support static libs as well as SO
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ try:
     rocmsmi = CDLL(path_librocm)
 except OSError:
     print('Unable to load the rocm_smi library.\n'\
-          'Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the folder containing librocm_smi64.\n'\
+          'Set LD_LIBRARY_PATH to the folder containing librocm_smi64.so.@VERSION_MAJOR@\n'\
           '{0}Please refer to https://github.com/'\
           'RadeonOpenCompute/rocm_smi_lib for the installation guide.{1}'\
           .format('\33[33m', '\033[0m'))
@@ -638,4 +638,4 @@ rsmi_nps_mode_type = rsmi_nps_mode_type_t
 # Usage example to get corresponding names:
 # nps_mode_type_l[rsmi_nps_mode_type_t.RSMI_MEMORY_PARTITION_NPS2]
 # will return string 'NPS2'
-nps_mode_type_l = ['NPS1', 'NPS2', 'NPS4', 'NPS8']
\ No newline at end of file
+nps_mode_type_l = ['NPS1', 'NPS2', 'NPS4', 'NPS8']
diff --git a/projects/amdsmi/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/amdsmi/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt
index 30e2249332..ae8c017933 100755
--- a/projects/amdsmi/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/amdsmi/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ set(${ROCM_SMI}_VERSION_PATCH "0")
 set(${ROCM_SMI}_VERSION_BUILD "0")
 message("SOVERSION: ${SO_VERSION_STRING}")
 
+# Configure rsmiBindings.py.in with SO major version:
+configure_file(
+  "${COMMON_SRC_ROOT}/python_smi_tools/rsmiBindings.py.in"
+  "${COMMON_SRC_ROOT}/python_smi_tools/rsmiBindings.py")
 
 # Create a configure file to get version info from within library
 configure_file(