diff --git a/rocm_smi-backward-compat.cmake b/rocm_smi-backward-compat.cmake
index aa8fd9c..59afce5 100644
--- a/rocm_smi-backward-compat.cmake
+++ b/rocm_smi-backward-compat.cmake
@@ -72,7 +72,12 @@ function(generate_wrapper_header)
     set(include_guard "${include_guard}COMGR_WRAPPER_INCLUDE_${INC_GAURD_NAME}_H")
     #set #include statement
     get_filename_component(file_name ${header_file} NAME)
-    set(include_statements "${include_statements}#include \"../../../${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${ROCM_SMI}/${file_name}\"\n")
+    if(IS_ABSOLUTE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
+      set(include_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+    else()
+      set(include_dir "../../../${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+    endif()
+    set(include_statements "${include_statements}#include \"${include_dir}/${ROCM_SMI}/${file_name}\"\n")
     configure_file(${RSMI_WRAPPER_DIR}/header.hpp.in ${RSMI_WRAPPER_INC_DIR}/${file_name})
     unset(include_guard)
     unset(include_statements)
@@ -90,7 +95,12 @@ function(generate_wrapper_header)
     set(include_guard "${include_guard}COMGR_WRAPPER_INCLUDE_${INC_GAURD_NAME}_H")
     #set #include statement
     get_filename_component(file_name ${header_file} NAME)
-    set(include_statements "${include_statements}#include \"../../../${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/${OAM_TARGET_NAME}/${file_name}\"\n")
+    if(IS_ABSOLUTE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
+      set(include_dir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+    else()
+      set(include_dir "../../../${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}")
+    endif()
+    set(include_statements "${include_statements}#include \"${include_dir}/${OAM_TARGET_NAME}/${file_name}\"\n")
     configure_file(${RSMI_WRAPPER_DIR}/header.hpp.in ${OAM_WRAPPER_INC_DIR}/${file_name})
     unset(include_guard)
     unset(include_statements)
@@ -123,11 +133,16 @@ function(create_library_symlink)
     set(library_files "${LIB_RSMI}")
   endif()
 
+  if(IS_ABSOLUTE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+    set(install_libdir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+  else()
+    set(install_libdir "../../${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+  endif()
   foreach(file_name ${library_files})
      add_custom_target(link_${file_name} ALL
                   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
                   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
-                  ../../${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${file_name} ${RSMI_WRAPPER_LIB_DIR}/${file_name})
+                  ${install_libdir}/${file_name} ${RSMI_WRAPPER_LIB_DIR}/${file_name})
   endforeach()
 
   file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${OAM_WRAPPER_LIB_DIR})
@@ -151,11 +166,16 @@ function(create_library_symlink)
     set(library_files "${LIB_OAM}")
   endif()
 
+  if(IS_ABSOLUTE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
+    set(install_libdir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+  else()
+    set(install_libdir "../../${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
+  endif()
   foreach(file_name ${library_files})
      add_custom_target(link_${file_name} ALL
                   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
                   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
-                  ../../${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/${file_name} ${OAM_WRAPPER_LIB_DIR}/${file_name})
+                  ${install_libdir}/${file_name} ${OAM_WRAPPER_LIB_DIR}/${file_name})
   endforeach()
 
 endfunction()
diff --git a/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt b/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt
index c594eeb..d3ed39d 100755
--- a/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rocm_smi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -105,10 +105,15 @@ endif ()
 #file reorganization changes
 #rocm_smi.py moved to libexec/rocm_smi. so creating rocm-smi symlink
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
+if(IS_ABSOLUTE ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR})
+  set(install_libexecdir "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR}")
+else()
+  set(install_libexecdir "../${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR}")
+endif()
 add_custom_target(link-rocm-smi ALL
                   WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
                   COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E create_symlink
-                  ../${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBEXECDIR}/${ROCM_SMI}/rocm_smi.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bin/rocm-smi)
+                  ${install_libexecdir}/${ROCM_SMI}/rocm_smi.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/bin/rocm-smi)
 
 ## Add the install directives for the runtime library.
 install(TARGETS ${ROCM_SMI_TARGET}