diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-hip/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-hip/CMakeLists.txt
index eb03e10f..f4a46836 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-hip/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-hip/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ endif()
 
 message(STATUS "HIP and hipBLAS found")
 
+# Workaround old compilers
+set(CMAKE_HIP_FLAGS "${CMAKE_HIP_FLAGS} --gpu-max-threads-per-block=1024")
+
 file(GLOB   GGML_HEADERS_ROCM "../ggml-cuda/*.cuh")
 list(APPEND GGML_HEADERS_ROCM "../../include/ggml-cuda.h")