diff --git a/rocm-systems/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/rocm-systems/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index 4bd32a1049..d3524be830 100644
--- a/rocm-systems/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rocm-systems/projects/rocr-runtime/runtime/hsa-runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@ if(NOT LibElf_FOUND)
   find_package(LibElf REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
+## Find simde but only for aarch64 linux
+if (UNIX AND (CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "aarch64|ARM64"))
+    find_package(simde REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(hsa-runtime64 PRIVATE simde::simde)
+endif()
+
 ## Find AMD CUID library.
 set(AMDCUID_ROOT "/opt/amdcuid" CACHE PATH "Path to AMDCUID installation")
 find_library(AMDCUID_LIB