diff --git a/projects/hip/hipify-clang/src/Cuda2Hip.cpp b/projects/hip/hipify-clang/src/Cuda2Hip.cpp
index e07baab3fd..34d3d6e24f 100644
--- a/projects/hip/hipify-clang/src/Cuda2Hip.cpp
+++ b/projects/hip/hipify-clang/src/Cuda2Hip.cpp
@@ -2905,6 +2905,51 @@ private:
     return false;
   }
 
+  bool cudaEnumVarPtr(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
+    if (const VarDecl *enumVarPtr = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<VarDecl>("cudaEnumVarPtr")) {
+      const Type *t = enumVarPtr->getType().getTypePtrOrNull();
+      if (t) {
+        QualType QT = t->getPointeeType();
+        std::string name = QT.getAsString();
+        QT = enumVarPtr->getType().getUnqualifiedType();
+        std::string name_unqualified = QT.getAsString();
+        if ((name_unqualified.find(' ') == std::string::npos && name.find(' ') == std::string::npos) || name.empty()) {
+          name = name_unqualified;
+        }
+        // Workaround for enum VarDecl as param decl, declared with enum type specifier
+        // Example: void func(enum cudaMemcpyKind kind);
+        //-------------------------------------------------
+        SourceManager *SM = Result.SourceManager;
+        TypeLoc TL = enumVarPtr->getTypeSourceInfo()->getTypeLoc();
+        SourceLocation sl(TL.getUnqualifiedLoc().getLocStart());
+        SourceLocation end(TL.getUnqualifiedLoc().getLocEnd());
+        size_t repLength = SM->getCharacterData(end) - SM->getCharacterData(sl);
+        StringRef sfull = StringRef(SM->getCharacterData(sl), repLength);
+        size_t offset = sfull.find(name);
+        if (offset > 0) {
+          sl = sl.getLocWithOffset(offset);
+        }
+        //-------------------------------------------------
+        const auto found = N.cuda2hipRename.find(name);
+        if (found != N.cuda2hipRename.end()) {
+          updateCounters(found->second, name);
+          if (!found->second.unsupported) {
+            StringRef repName = found->second.hipName;
+            Replacement Rep(*SM, sl, name.size(), repName);
+            FullSourceLoc fullSL(sl, *SM);
+            insertReplacement(Rep, fullSL);
+          }
+        }
+        else {
+          std::string msg = "the following reference is not handled: '" + name + "' [enum var ptr].";
+          printHipifyMessage(*SM, sl, msg);
+        }
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+    return false;
+  }
+
   bool cudaTypedefVar(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
     if (const VarDecl *typedefVar = Result.Nodes.getNodeAs<VarDecl>("cudaTypedefVar")) {
       QualType QT = typedefVar->getType();
@@ -3185,6 +3230,7 @@ public:
       if (cudaBuiltin(Result)) break;
       if (cudaEnumConstantRef(Result)) break;
       if (cudaEnumDecl(Result)) break;
+      if (cudaEnumVarPtr(Result)) break;
       if (cudaTypedefVar(Result)) break;
       if (cudaTypedefVarPtr(Result)) break;
       if (cudaStructVar(Result)) break;
@@ -3232,6 +3278,11 @@ void addAllMatchers(ast_matchers::MatchFinder &Finder, Cuda2HipCallback *Callbac
                             hasType(enumDecl()))
                             .bind("cudaEnumDecl"),
                             Callback);
+  Finder.addMatcher(varDecl(isExpansionInMainFile(),
+                            hasType(pointsTo(enumDecl(
+                            matchesName("cu.*|CU.*")))))
+                            .bind("cudaEnumVarPtr"),
+                            Callback);
   Finder.addMatcher(varDecl(isExpansionInMainFile(),
                             hasType(typedefDecl(matchesName("cu.*|CU.*"))))
                             .bind("cudaTypedefVar"),