diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c7922a7a86..769481adf4 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -203,16 +203,15 @@ set(CPACK_RPM_COMPONENT_INSTALL ON)
 # python doesn't need to be asan
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libc6, python3")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}")
-# Only add dependency on rocm-core if -DROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE=ON is given
-if(ROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE)
-    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}, rocm-core")
-    # rocm-core needs to be asan
-    # override original variable because CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS changed
-    set(CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS}-asan")
-endif()
-# carefully reuse DEB's "DEPENDS" for RPM's "REQUIRES"
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "python3")
 set(CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES}")
+# Only add dependency on rocm-core if -DROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE=ON is given
+if(ROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE)
+    string(APPEND CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ", rocm-core")
+    string(APPEND CPACK_DEBIAN_ASAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS ", rocm-core-asan")
+    string(APPEND CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ", rocm-core")
+    string(APPEND CPACK_RPM_ASAN_PACKAGE_REQUIRES ", rocm-core-asan")
+endif()
 
 #Component Specific Configuration/Flags
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_DEV_PACKAGE_NAME ${ROCM_SMI_PACKAGE})