diff --git a/hipamd/src/CMakeLists.txt b/hipamd/src/CMakeLists.txt
index dccaa0fb88..5bb6aa315d 100644
--- a/hipamd/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/hipamd/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -201,9 +201,9 @@ set(HIPRTC_OBJECTS)
 add_subdirectory(hiprtc)
 
 if(NOT WIN32)
+  target_compile_definitions(amdhip64 PRIVATE __HIP_ENABLE_RTC)
   if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     target_link_libraries(amdhip64 PRIVATE ${HIPRTC_OBJECTS})
-    target_compile_definitions(amdhip64 PRIVATE __HIP_ENABLE_RTC)
     add_dependencies(amdhip64 hiprtc-builtins)
     INSTALL(TARGETS hiprtc-builtins
       RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}