diff --git a/projects/hipfft/clients/samples/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/hipfft/clients/samples/CMakeLists.txt
index 488e09de85d..6eb7c92f3f6 100644
--- a/projects/hipfft/clients/samples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/hipfft/clients/samples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,8 +124,12 @@ foreach( sample ${sample_list} )
   
 endforeach()
 
-# cuFFT callback code must be compiled with -dc to enable relocatable
-# device code
-if( BUILD_WITH_LIB STREQUAL "CUDA" AND hipfft_callback IN_LIST sample_list )
-  target_compile_options( hipfft_callback PRIVATE -dc )
+# callback code must be compiled as relocatable device code
+if( hipfft_callback IN_LIST sample_list )
+  if( BUILD_WITH_LIB STREQUAL "CUDA" )
+    target_compile_options( hipfft_callback PRIVATE -dc )
+  else()
+    target_compile_options( hipfft_callback PRIVATE -fgpu-rdc )
+    target_link_options( hipfft_callback PRIVATE -fgpu-rdc )
+  endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/projects/hipfft/clients/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/hipfft/clients/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index e49c87b6f62..989a91c4353 100644
--- a/projects/hipfft/clients/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/hipfft/clients/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -193,6 +193,14 @@ else()
   target_link_libraries( hipfft-test PRIVATE ${GTEST_LIBRARIES} )
 endif()
 
+# tests have callback functions, which need to be built as relocatable device code
+if( BUILD_WITH_LIB STREQUAL "CUDA" )
+  target_compile_options( hipfft-test PRIVATE -dc )
+else()
+  target_compile_options( hipfft-test PRIVATE -fgpu-rdc )
+  target_link_options( hipfft-test PRIVATE -fgpu-rdc )
+endif()
+
 if(FFTW_MULTITHREAD)
   target_compile_options( hipfft-test PRIVATE -DFFTW_MULTITHREAD )
 endif( )
diff --git a/projects/rocfft/clients/samples/rocfft/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocfft/clients/samples/rocfft/CMakeLists.txt
index d07b22c9226..bfea7cea574 100644
--- a/projects/rocfft/clients/samples/rocfft/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocfft/clients/samples/rocfft/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -116,3 +116,7 @@ foreach( sample ${sample_list} )
   target_link_libraries( ${sample} PRIVATE ${ROCFFT_CLIENTS_HOST_LINK_LIBS} ${ROCFFT_CLIENTS_DEVICE_LINK_LIBS} )
 
 endforeach( )
+
+# callback functions need to be built as relocatable device code
+target_compile_options( rocfft_example_callback PRIVATE -fgpu-rdc )
+target_link_options( rocfft_example_callback PRIVATE -fgpu-rdc )
diff --git a/projects/rocfft/clients/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocfft/clients/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index cfec9a283dc..3bc6c40a6b6 100644
--- a/projects/rocfft/clients/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocfft/clients/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@ add_executable( rtc_helper_crash rtc_helper_crash.cpp )
 # of a mismatch
 target_compile_options( rocfft-test PRIVATE -Xarch_device -O3 )
 
+# callback functions need to be built as relocatable device code
+target_compile_options( rocfft-test PRIVATE -fgpu-rdc )
+target_link_options( rocfft-test PRIVATE -fgpu-rdc )
+
 find_package( Boost REQUIRED )
 set( Boost_DEBUG ON )
 set( Boost_DETAILED_FAILURE_MSG ON )
diff --git a/projects/rocfft/docs/how-to/load-store-callbacks.rst b/projects/rocfft/docs/how-to/load-store-callbacks.rst
index 9d379954436..a8ee6ed253b 100644
--- a/projects/rocfft/docs/how-to/load-store-callbacks.rst
+++ b/projects/rocfft/docs/how-to/load-store-callbacks.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ to the library using
 :cpp:func:`rocfft_execution_info_set_load_callback` and
 :cpp:func:`rocfft_execution_info_set_store_callback`.
 
+.. note::
+
+   Callback functions must be built as relocatable device code by
+   passing the ``-fgpu-rdc`` option to the compiler and linker.
+
 Device functions supplied as callbacks must load and store element
 data types appropriate for the transform being executed.
 
diff --git a/projects/rocfft/library/src/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/rocfft/library/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f840e2b04a..6b8d97030fe 100644
--- a/projects/rocfft/library/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/rocfft/library/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -394,6 +394,11 @@ add_library( rocfft
   )
 rocfft_add_coverage_flags( rocfft )
 
+# rocFFT contains default implementations of callback functions that
+# need to be built as relocatable device code
+target_compile_options( rocfft PRIVATE -fgpu-rdc )
+target_link_options( rocfft PRIVATE -fgpu-rdc )
+
 if( ROCFFT_MPI_ENABLE )
   target_compile_definitions(rocfft PRIVATE ROCFFT_MPI_ENABLE)
   include_directories(SYSTEM ${MPI_INCLUDE_PATH})