diff --git a/faiss/python/CMakeLists.txt b/faiss/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a01a759e7..c7b22d19c8 100644
--- a/faiss/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/faiss/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ macro(configure_swigfaiss source)
       COMPILE_DEFINITIONS GPU_WRAPPER
     )
     if (FAISS_ENABLE_ROCM)
-      set_source_files_properties(${source} PROPERTIES
+      set_property(SOURCE ${source} APPEND PROPERTY
         COMPILE_DEFINITIONS FAISS_ENABLE_ROCM
       )
     endif()