diff --git a/projects/hip/samples/0_Intro/module_api/Makefile b/projects/hip/samples/0_Intro/module_api/Makefile
index 99cff6bc0a..2570290f07 100644
--- a/projects/hip/samples/0_Intro/module_api/Makefile
+++ b/projects/hip/samples/0_Intro/module_api/Makefile
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ endif
 
 ifeq (${HIP_PLATFORM}, nvcc)
 
-vcpy_kernel.compile: vcpy_kernel.cpp
-	$(HIPCC) --genco vcpy_kernel.cpp -o vcpy_kernel.ptx
+vcpy_kernel.compile: vcpy_kernel.cu
+	$(HIPCC) --genco vcpy_kernel.cu -o vcpy_kernel.ptx
 
 clean:
 	rm -f *.ptx *.out
diff --git a/projects/hip/samples/0_Intro/module_api/vcpy_kernel.cu b/projects/hip/samples/0_Intro/module_api/vcpy_kernel.cu
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ead7d70311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/hip/samples/0_Intro/module_api/vcpy_kernel.cu
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+extern "C" __global__ void hello_world(float *a, float *b)
+{
+    int tx = threadIdx.x;
+    b[tx] = a[tx];
+
+}