diff --git a/hipify-clang/src/LLVMCompat.h b/hipify-clang/src/LLVMCompat.h
index 3e2fe1aebb..72b6832012 100644
--- a/hipify-clang/src/LLVMCompat.h
+++ b/hipify-clang/src/LLVMCompat.h
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ namespace llcompat {
     #define GET_NUM_ARGS() getNumArgs()
 #endif
 
+#if LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR < 7
+    #define LLVM_DEBUG(X) DEBUG(X)
+#endif
+
 void PrintStackTraceOnErrorSignal();
 
 /**
diff --git a/hipify-clang/src/main.cpp b/hipify-clang/src/main.cpp
index ccf627b147..e420ab0681 100644
--- a/hipify-clang/src/main.cpp
+++ b/hipify-clang/src/main.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
 
     // Hipify _all_ the things!
     if (Tool.runAndSave(&actionFactory)) {
-      DEBUG(llvm::dbgs() << "Skipped some replacements.\n");
+      LLVM_DEBUG(llvm::dbgs() << "Skipped some replacements.\n");
     }
 
     // Either move the tmpfile to the output, or remove it.