diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 507f76db5..a30730377 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -317,11 +317,21 @@ if(DEFINED ENV{ROCM_LIBPATCH_VERSION})
     set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION "${CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION}.$ENV{ROCM_LIBPATCH_VERSION}")
 endif()
 
+set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "rocm-core")
+set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES "rocm-core")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_FILE_NAME       "DEB-DEFAULT")
 set(CPACK_RPM_FILE_NAME          "RPM-DEFAULT")
 set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RELEASE "local")
 set(CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_RELEASE    "local")
 
+set(ROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE TRUE CACHE BOOL "Add dependency on rocm-core package")
+if(NOT ROCM_DEP_ROCMCORE)
+    string(REGEX REPLACE ",? ?rocm-core" "" CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES
+                 ${CPACK_RPM_PACKAGE_REQUIRES})
+    string(REGEX REPLACE ",? ?rocm-core" "" CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS
+                 ${CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS})
+endif()
+
 if(DEFINED ENV{CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RELEASE})
     set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RELEASE $ENV{CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_RELEASE})
 endif()