diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hsa-rocr-dev/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hsa-rocr-dev/package.py
index 7bdc53be1a5..8a240502260 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hsa-rocr-dev/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/hsa-rocr-dev/package.py
@@ -202,4 +202,6 @@ def cmake_args(self):
 
             args.append(self.define("BITCODE_DIR", bitcode_dir))
 
+        if self.spec.satisfies("@5.6:"):
+            args.append("-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib")
         return args