diff --git a/Tools/CMake/AMReXParallelBackends.cmake b/Tools/CMake/AMReXParallelBackends.cmake
index a0275e25db..b15b2305fa 100644
--- a/Tools/CMake/AMReXParallelBackends.cmake
+++ b/Tools/CMake/AMReXParallelBackends.cmake
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ 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_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)