diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/runtime.cpp b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/runtime.cpp
index f213250b84..1913e179e7 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/runtime.cpp
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/runtime/runtime.cpp
@@ -1177,6 +1177,12 @@ void Runtime::LoadTools() {
         add = (tool_add_t)os::GetExportAddress(tool, "AddAgent");
         if (add) add(this);
       }
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+      else {
+        if (flag().report_tool_load_failures())
+          fprintf(stderr, "Tool lib \"%s\" failed to load.\n", names[i].c_str());
+      }
+#endif
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/flag.h b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/flag.h
index ce256e6bdd..49298177dd 100644
--- a/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/flag.h
+++ b/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/core/util/flag.h
@@ -85,6 +85,9 @@ class Flag {
     scratch_mem_size_ = atoi(var.c_str());
 
     tools_lib_names_ = os::GetEnvVar("HSA_TOOLS_LIB");
+
+    var = os::GetEnvVar("HSA_TOOLS_REPORT_LOAD_FAILURE");
+    report_tool_load_failures_ = (var == "0") ? false : true;
   }
 
   bool check_flat_scratch() const { return check_flat_scratch_; }
@@ -107,6 +110,8 @@ class Flag {
 
   std::string tools_lib_names() const { return tools_lib_names_; }
 
+  bool report_tool_load_failures() const { return report_tool_load_failures_; }
+
  private:
   bool check_flat_scratch_;
   bool enable_vm_fault_message_;
@@ -115,6 +120,7 @@ class Flag {
   bool running_valgrind_;
   bool sdma_wait_idle_;
   bool enable_queue_fault_message_;
+  bool report_tool_load_failures_;
 
   uint32_t max_queues_;