diff --git a/projects/roctracer/defaults.sh b/projects/roctracer/defaults.sh
index d6d21b9506..93361e72f0 100644
--- a/projects/roctracer/defaults.sh
+++ b/projects/roctracer/defaults.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 BUILD_DIR=build
 TO_CLEAN=yes
+HIP_VDI=1
diff --git a/projects/roctracer/test/run.sh b/projects/roctracer/test/run.sh
index 38a8d48dd6..cd3d2404be 100755
--- a/projects/roctracer/test/run.sh
+++ b/projects/roctracer/test/run.sh
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ cd $BIN_DIR
 # enable tools load failure reporting
 export HSA_TOOLS_REPORT_LOAD_FAILURE=1
 # paths to ROC profiler and other libraries
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD
+if [ -n "$ROCTRACER_ROOT" ] ; then
+  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD/../../build/roctracer
+else
+  export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD
+fi
+env
 
 # test filter input
 test_filter=-1