diff --git a/hipamd/cmake/FindHIP.cmake b/hipamd/cmake/FindHIP.cmake
index e540ac35a6..b761356c9a 100644
--- a/hipamd/cmake/FindHIP.cmake
+++ b/hipamd/cmake/FindHIP.cmake
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ foreach(config ${_hip_configuration_types})
     mark_as_advanced(HIP_HIPCC_FLAGS_${config_upper} HIP_HCC_FLAGS_${config_upper} HIP_NVCC_FLAGS_${config_upper})
 endforeach()
 option(HIP_HOST_COMPILATION_CPP "Host code compilation mode" ON)
+option(HIP_VERBOSE_BUILD "Print out the commands run while compiling the HIP source file.  With the Makefile generator this defaults to VERBOSE variable specified on the command line, but can be forced on with this option." OFF)
 mark_as_advanced(HIP_HOST_COMPILATION_CPP)
 
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