diff --git a/Tools/CMake/AMReXParallelBackends.cmake b/Tools/CMake/AMReXParallelBackends.cmake
index b1a73c7c659..08901dcd7ee 100644
--- a/Tools/CMake/AMReXParallelBackends.cmake
+++ b/Tools/CMake/AMReXParallelBackends.cmake
@@ -257,9 +257,15 @@ if (AMReX_HIP)
    if(AMReX_ROCTX)
        # To be modernized in the future, please see:
        # https://github.com/ROCm-Developer-Tools/roctracer/issues/56
-       target_include_directories(amrex PUBLIC ${HIP_PATH}/../roctracer/include ${HIP_PATH}/../rocprofiler/include)
-       target_link_libraries(amrex PUBLIC "-L${HIP_PATH}/../roctracer/lib/ -lroctracer64" "-L${HIP_PATH}/../roctracer/lib -lroctx64")
-   endif ()
+       target_include_directories(amrex SYSTEM PUBLIC
+           ${HIP_PATH}/../roctracer/include
+           ${HIP_PATH}/../rocprofiler/include
+       )
+       target_link_libraries(amrex PUBLIC
+           "-L${HIP_PATH}/../roctracer/lib/ -lroctracer64"
+           "-L${HIP_PATH}/../roctracer/lib -lroctx64"
+       )
+   endif()
    target_link_libraries(amrex PUBLIC hip::hiprand roc::rocrand roc::rocprim)
 
    # avoid forcing the rocm LLVM flags on a gfortran