diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
index 991bea2e11..c949259439 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@
 #include "Dispatch.hpp"
 #include "SDMAPacket.hpp"
 
+void WaitUntilInput() {
+    char dummy;
+    printf("Press enter to continue: ");
+    do {
+        scanf("%c", &dummy);
+    } while (dummy != 10); // enter key's ascii value is 10
+}
+
 uint64_t RoundToPowerOf2(uint64_t val) {
   int bytes = sizeof(uint64_t);
 
diff --git a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
index 4cbaa395e7..7e2fe7e16d 100644
--- a/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
+++ b/tests/kfdtest/src/KFDTestUtil.hpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ class BaseQueue;
 #define ALIGN_UP(x, align) (((uint64_t)(x) + (align) - 1) & ~(uint64_t)((align)-1))
 #define CounterToNanoSec(x) ((x) * 1000 / (is_dgpu() ? 27 : 100))
 
+void WaitUntilInput();
 uint64_t RoundToPowerOf2(uint64_t val);
 
 // @brief: waits until the value is written to the buffer or until time out if received through args