diff --git a/rocclr/compiler/lib/complibdefs b/rocclr/compiler/lib/complibdefs
index b346776e42..d0cde67b64 100644
--- a/rocclr/compiler/lib/complibdefs
+++ b/rocclr/compiler/lib/complibdefs
@@ -100,3 +100,6 @@ endif
 ifneq (,$(wildcard $(COMPLIB_DEPTH)/loaders/elf/utils/blowfish/blowfish.h))
     GCPPFLAGS += $(DEFSWITCH) HAVE_BLOWFISH_H
 endif
+
+LCXXOPTS += -D SC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_MAJOR_VERSION=$(SC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_MAJOR_VERSION)
+LCOPTS   += -D SC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_MAJOR_VERSION=$(SC_CLIENT_INTERFACE_MAJOR_VERSION)