diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 93fd027a..8acebc85 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ if(NOT ${amrex}_POPULATED)
   if(AMReX_GPU_BACKEND STREQUAL "CUDA")
     enable_language(CUDA)
     # include(AMReX_SetupCUDA)
+  elseif(AMReX_GPU_BACKEND STREQUAL "HIP")
   endif()
 
   # Bring the populated content into the build
diff --git a/src/InteractionModel.H b/src/InteractionModel.H
index c8caabb5..6a13106d 100644
--- a/src/InteractionModel.H
+++ b/src/InteractionModel.H
@@ -286,8 +286,10 @@ struct GetCommunityIndex {
     int num_comms;
 };
 
-#ifdef AMREX_USE_CUDA
+#if defined(AMREX_USE_CUDA)
 #define devMemset cudaMemset
+#elif defined(AMREX_USE_HIP)
+#define devMemset (void)hipMemset
 #else
 #define devMemset memset
 #endif
diff --git a/src/Utils.cpp b/src/Utils.cpp
index ed24964d..547a5e46 100644
--- a/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void ExaEpi::Utils::getTestParams (TestParams& params, /*!< Test parameters */
     } else if (ic_type == "urbanpop") {
         params.ic_type = ICType::UrbanPop;
         pp.get("urbanpop_filename", params.urbanpop_filename);
-#ifdef AMREX_USE_CUDA
+#if defined(AMREX_USE_CUDA) || defined(AMREX_USE_HIP)
         params.max_box_size = 500;
 #else
         params.max_box_size = 100;