diff --git a/profiler/CMakeLists.txt b/profiler/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b3b6827932..f150d0f4352 100644
--- a/profiler/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/profiler/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ if(THEROCK_ENABLE_ROCPROFV3)
   # See: https://github.com/ROCm/rocprof-trace-decoder/
   ##############################################################################
   therock_cmake_subproject_declare(rocprof-trace-decoder
+    # The build infrastructure requires generic stages to pass through
+    # DIST_AMDGPU_TARGETS even if the list isn't used by the underlying project.
+    USE_DIST_AMDGPU_TARGETS
     EXTERNAL_SOURCE_DIR "${THEROCK_ROCM_SYSTEMS_SOURCE_DIR}/projects/rocprof-trace-decoder"
     BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/rocprof-trace-decoder"
     BACKGROUND_BUILD