diff --git a/extra/amdpci/setup_python_cap.sh b/extra/amdpci/setup_python_cap.sh
index 2ef3c5f6b7..97df87b7e9 100755
--- a/extra/amdpci/setup_python_cap.sh
+++ b/extra/amdpci/setup_python_cap.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 PYTHON_PATH=$(readlink -f $(which python3))
-sudo setcap 'cap_dac_override,cap_sys_rawio,cap_sys_admin=ep' $PYTHON_PATH
+sudo setcap 'cap_dac_override,cap_sys_rawio,cap_sys_admin,cap_ipc_lock=ep' $PYTHON_PATH
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/support/compiler_amd.py b/tinygrad/runtime/support/compiler_amd.py
index b9ba2563c8..fd00ea03b9 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/support/compiler_amd.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/support/compiler_amd.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 import ctypes, subprocess
 import tinygrad.runtime.autogen.comgr as comgr
-comgr.amd_comgr_get_version(ctypes.byref(major:=ctypes.c_uint64()), ctypes.byref(minor:=ctypes.c_uint64()))
 assert comgr.AMD_COMGR_LANGUAGE_HIP == 4
-if major.value >= 3:
-  # in comgr 3 the values of enums in headers were changed: https://github.com/ROCm/llvm-project/issues/272
-  import tinygrad.runtime.autogen.comgr_3 as comgr # type: ignore[no-redef]
-  assert comgr.AMD_COMGR_LANGUAGE_HIP == 3
+try:
+  comgr.amd_comgr_get_version(ctypes.byref(major:=ctypes.c_uint64()), ctypes.byref(minor:=ctypes.c_uint64()))
+  if major.value >= 3:
+    # in comgr 3 the values of enums in headers were changed: https://github.com/ROCm/llvm-project/issues/272
+    import tinygrad.runtime.autogen.comgr_3 as comgr # type: ignore[no-redef]
+    assert comgr.AMD_COMGR_LANGUAGE_HIP == 3
+except AttributeError: pass  # ignore if ROCm isn't installed
 from tinygrad.device import Compiler, CompileError
 from tinygrad.runtime.ops_llvm import LLVMCompiler
 from tinygrad.helpers import OSX, to_char_p_p