diff --git a/projects/clr/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/clr/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d9c4fd6be..823c6dc0a9 100644
--- a/projects/clr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/clr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,13 @@ function(_hip_clr_auto_detect_hip_platform)
         if(NOT DEFINED ENV{HIP_PLATFORM})
             execute_process(COMMAND ${HIPCC_BIN_DIR}/${HIPCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} --platform
                 OUTPUT_VARIABLE _detected_hip_platform
+                RESULT_VARIABLE result
                 OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+
+	    if(result AND NOT result EQUAL 0)
+                message(FATAL_ERROR "Failure trying to auto-detect HIP_PLATFORM via command: ${HIPCC_BIN_DIR}/${HIPCONFIG_EXECUTABLE} --platform: ${result}")
+	    endif()
+
             set(HIP_PLATFORM "${_detected_hip_platform}" PARENT_SCOPE)
         else()
             set(HIP_PLATFORM "$ENV{HIP_PLATFORM}" PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/projects/hip-tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/hip-tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt
index 2431d2a2bd..04959dd385 100644
--- a/projects/hip-tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/hip-tests/catch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -75,8 +75,13 @@ set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER   "${HIP_PATH}/bin/${HIPCC_EXEC}")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER "${HIP_PATH}/bin/${HIPCC_EXEC}")
 execute_process(COMMAND ${HIP_PATH}/bin/${HIPCONFIG_EXEC} --version
                 OUTPUT_VARIABLE HIP_VERSION
+                RESULT_VARIABLE result
                 OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
+if(result AND NOT result EQUAL 0)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Failure trying to obtain HIP version via command: ${HIP_PATH}/bin/${HIPCONFIG_EXEC} --version: ${result}")
+endif()
+
 if(NOT WIN32)
   if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${ROCM_PATH} ${ROCM_PATH}/llvm)