diff --git a/blender/hiprt-lib-path.patch b/blender/hiprt-lib-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b3b455e73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blender/hiprt-lib-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+diff --git a/extern/hipew/src/hiprtew.cc b/extern/hipew/src/hiprtew.cc
+index b1db74faa7e..f7c8241cc5a 100644
+--- a/extern/hipew/src/hiprtew.cc
++++ b/extern/hipew/src/hiprtew.cc
+@@ -45,6 +45,18 @@ thiprtDestroyGlobalStackBuffer *hiprtDestroyGlobalStackBuffer;
+ thiprtDestroyFuncTable *hiprtDestroyFuncTable;
+ thiprtSetLogLevel *hiprtSetLogLevel;
+ 
++static DynamicLibrary dynamic_library_open_find(const char **paths) {
++  int i = 0;
++  while (paths[i] != NULL) {
++      DynamicLibrary lib = dynamic_library_open(paths[i]);
++      if (lib != NULL) {
++        return lib;
++      }
++      ++i;
++  }
++  return NULL;
++}
++
+ static void hipewHipRtExit(void)
+ {
+   if (hiprt_lib != NULL) {
+@@ -70,12 +82,16 @@ bool hiprtewInit()
+   }
+ 
+ #ifdef _WIN32
+-  std::string hiprt_path = "hiprt64.dll";
++  const char *hiprt_paths[] = {"hiprt64.dll", NULL};
+ #else
+-  std::string hiprt_path = "libhiprt64.so";
++  /* libhiprt is installed to the bin subfolder by default, so we include it
++   * in our search path. */
++  const char *hiprt_paths[] = {"libhiprt64.so",
++                               "/opt/rocm/lib/libhiprt64.so",
++                               "/opt/rocm/bin/libhiprt64.so", NULL};
+ #endif
+ 
+-  hiprt_lib = dynamic_library_open(hiprt_path.c_str());
++  hiprt_lib = dynamic_library_open_find(hiprt_paths);
+ 
+   if (hiprt_lib == NULL) {
+     return false;