diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler-compute/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocprofiler-compute/tests/CMakeLists.txt
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+set(CMAKE_HIP_COMPILER
+    "amdclang++"
+    CACHE STRING "desired c++ compiler" FORCE)
+if(CMAKE_HIP_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+    message(STATUS "Using ${CMAKE_HIP_COMPILER} to build for amdgpu backend")
+else()
+    message(
+        FATAL_ERROR
+            "'amdclang++' compiler required to compile test binaries for ROCm platform.")
+endif()
+
+set(VCOPY_SOURCES ../sample/vcopy.cpp)
+set_source_files_properties(${VCOPY_SOURCES} PROPERTIES LANGUAGE HIP)
+add_executable(vcopy ${VCOPY_SOURCES})
+set_target_properties(vcopy PROPERTIES RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/tests)