diff --git a/projects/rocprofiler/rocprofiler-backward-compat.cmake b/projects/rocprofiler/rocprofiler-backward-compat.cmake
index 1d7f8dc50c..ee57bd9739 100644
--- a/projects/rocprofiler/rocprofiler-backward-compat.cmake
+++ b/projects/rocprofiler/rocprofiler-backward-compat.cmake
@@ -48,7 +48,18 @@ function(create_header_template)
     LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
     OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
    THE SOFTWARE.
-   */\n\n#ifndef @include_guard@\n#define @include_guard@ \n\n#pragma message(\"This file is deprecated. Use file from include path /opt/rocm-ver/include/ and prefix with rocprofiler\")\n@include_statements@ \n\n#endif")
+   */
+#ifndef @include_guard@
+#define @include_guard@
+
+#if defined(__GNUC__)
+#warning \"This file is deprecated. Use file from include path /opt/rocm-ver/include/ and prefix with rocprofiler\"
+#else
+#pragma message(\"This file is deprecated. Use file from include path /opt/rocm-ver/include/ and prefix with rocprofiler\")
+#endif
+
+@include_statements@
+#endif")
 endfunction()
 
 #use header template file and generate wrapper header files