diff --git a/projects/roctracer/test/MatrixTranspose/Makefile b/projects/roctracer/test/MatrixTranspose/Makefile
index daa48b2561..41727de47e 100644
--- a/projects/roctracer/test/MatrixTranspose/Makefile
+++ b/projects/roctracer/test/MatrixTranspose/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ROOT_PATH = ../..
 LIB_PATH  = $(ROOT_PATH)/build
-ROC_LIBS  = -L$(LIB_PATH) -lroctracer64
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LIB_PATH)
+ROC_LIBS  = -Wl,--rpath,${LIB_PATH} $(LIB_PATH)/libroctracer64.so
 
 HIP_PATH?= $(wildcard /opt/rocm/hip)
 ifeq (,$(HIP_PATH))
diff --git a/projects/roctracer/test/MatrixTranspose_test/Makefile b/projects/roctracer/test/MatrixTranspose_test/Makefile
index 202980b804..2a767a5626 100644
--- a/projects/roctracer/test/MatrixTranspose_test/Makefile
+++ b/projects/roctracer/test/MatrixTranspose_test/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ROOT_PATH = ../..
 LIB_PATH  = $(ROOT_PATH)/build
-ROC_LIBS  = -L$(LIB_PATH) -lroctracer64 -lroctx64
+ROC_LIBS  = -Wl,--rpath,${LIB_PATH} $(LIB_PATH)/libroctracer64.so $(LIB_PATH)/libroctx64.so
 HSA_KMT_INC_PATH ?= /opt/rocm/include
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(LIB_PATH)
 HIP_VDI ?= 0
 ITERATIONS ?= 100