diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mfem/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mfem/package.py
index 8efa3fbb3f9..df419c1423c 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mfem/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/mfem/package.py
@@ -973,6 +973,9 @@ def find_optional_library(name, prefix):
             if "^rocthrust" in spec and not spec["hip"].external:
                 # petsc+rocm needs the rocthrust header path
                 hip_headers += spec["rocthrust"].headers
+            if "^rocprim" in spec and not spec["hip"].external:
+                # rocthrust [via petsc+rocm] has a dependency on rocprim
+                hip_headers += spec["rocprim"].headers
             if "^hipblas" in spec and not spec["hip"].external:
                 # superlu-dist+rocm needs the hipblas header path
                 hip_headers += spec["hipblas"].headers
diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/petsc/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/petsc/package.py
index af2d225246c..ae06e55a128 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/petsc/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/petsc/package.py
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ def check_fortran_compiler(self):
     depends_on("hip", when="+rocm")
 
     with when("+rocm"):
+        depends_on("rocm-core")
         depends_on("hipblas")
         depends_on("hipsparse")
         depends_on("hipsolver")
@@ -602,7 +603,7 @@ def configure_options(self):
                 hip_arch = spec.variants["amdgpu_target"].value
                 options.append("--with-hip-arch={0}".format(hip_arch[0]))
             hip_pkgs = ["hipsparse", "hipblas", "hipsolver", "rocsparse", "rocsolver", "rocblas"]
-            hip_ipkgs = hip_pkgs + ["rocthrust", "rocprim"]
+            hip_ipkgs = hip_pkgs + ["rocthrust", "rocprim", "rocm-core"]
             hip_lpkgs = hip_pkgs
             if spec.satisfies("^rocrand@5.1:"):
                 hip_ipkgs.extend(["rocrand"])