diff --git a/projects/amdsmi/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/amdsmi/CMakeLists.txt
index 06bf9e484b..84224d6826 100644
--- a/projects/amdsmi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/amdsmi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ if(ENABLE_ESMI_LIB)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wno-write-strings")
 endif()
 
+# sets DRM_LIBRARIES and DRM_INCLUDE_DIRS
 pkg_check_modules(DRM REQUIRED libdrm)
+# sets AMDGPU_DRM_LIBRARIES and AMDGPU_DRM_INCLUDE_DIRS
 pkg_check_modules(AMDGPU_DRM REQUIRED libdrm_amdgpu)
 
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/shared_mutex
diff --git a/projects/amdsmi/src/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/amdsmi/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b46c52821..c9b62ca27c 100644
--- a/projects/amdsmi/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/amdsmi/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ configure_file("${AMD_SMI_TARGET}Config.in" "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/amd_s
 add_executable(amd_smi_ex "../example/amd_smi_drm_example.cc")
 target_link_libraries(amd_smi_ex ${AMD_SMI_TARGET})
 add_library(${AMD_SMI_TARGET} ${SRC_LIST} ${INC_LIST})
-target_link_libraries(${AMD_SMI_TARGET} pthread rt dl ${DRM_AMDGPU_LIB} ${AMDGPU_DRM_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(${AMD_SMI_TARGET} pthread rt dl ${DRM_LIBRARIES} ${AMDGPU_DRM_LIBRARIES})
 target_include_directories(${AMD_SMI_TARGET} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/rocm_smi/include
                                                      ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/common/shared_mutex)