diff --git a/projects/clr/rocclr/cmake/ROCclrPAL.cmake b/projects/clr/rocclr/cmake/ROCclrPAL.cmake
index aadf7ba009..5b4e8f623d 100644
--- a/projects/clr/rocclr/cmake/ROCclrPAL.cmake
+++ b/projects/clr/rocclr/cmake/ROCclrPAL.cmake
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@
 # OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
 # THE SOFTWARE.
 
-file(STRINGS palcdefs PAL_MAJOR_VERSION REGEX "^PAL_MAJOR_VERSION = [0-9]+")
+file(STRINGS ${ROCCLR_SRC_DIR}/device/pal/palcdefs PAL_MAJOR_VERSION REGEX "^PAL_MAJOR_VERSION = [0-9]+")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "PAL_MAJOR_VERSION = " "" PAL_MAJOR_VERSION ${PAL_MAJOR_VERSION})
 
-file(STRINGS palcdefs GPUOPEN_MAJOR_VERSION REGEX "^GPUOPEN_MAJOR_VERSION = [0-9]+")
+file(STRINGS ${ROCCLR_SRC_DIR}/device/pal/palcdefs GPUOPEN_MAJOR_VERSION REGEX "^GPUOPEN_MAJOR_VERSION = [0-9]+")
 string(REGEX REPLACE "GPUOPEN_MAJOR_VERSION = " "" GPUOPEN_MAJOR_VERSION ${GPUOPEN_MAJOR_VERSION})
 
 set(PAL_CLIENT "OCL")