diff --git a/tests/src/hipEnvVar.cpp b/tests/src/hipEnvVar.cpp
index a0b9503b41..7cf38fc77e 100644
--- a/tests/src/hipEnvVar.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/hipEnvVar.cpp
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 */
 
 /* HIT_START
- * BUILD: %t %s test_common.cpp
+ * BUILD: %t %s test_common.cpp NVCC_OPTIONS -std=c++11
  * HIT_END
  */
 
diff --git a/tests/src/hipHcc.cpp b/tests/src/hipHcc.cpp
index 2d4523ecd6..9bcc999b34 100644
--- a/tests/src/hipHcc.cpp
+++ b/tests/src/hipHcc.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 // Test the HCC-specific API extensions for HIP:
 
 /* HIT_START
- * BUILD: %t %s
+ * BUILD: %t %s EXCLUDE_HIP_PLATFORM nvcc
  * TEST: %t EXCLUDE_HIP_PLATFORM all
  * HIT_END
  */