diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 56378a0b579..31f5a1cbe59 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ option(LBANN_WITH_HWLOC
 option(LBANN_WITH_NVPROF
   "Enable NVTX-based instrumentation for nvprof" OFF)
 
+option(LBANN_WITH_ROCTRACER
+  "Enable roctx-based instrumentation for nvprof" OFF)
+
 option(LBANN_WITH_PYTHON_FRONTEND
   "Install Python frontend and enable embedded Python" ON)
 
@@ -410,6 +413,13 @@ if (LBANN_HAS_ROCM)
     list(APPEND LBANN_ROCM_LIBS roc::rocfft)
   endif ()
 
+  if (LBANN_WITH_ROCTRACER)
+    find_package(Roctracer MODULE COMPONENTS roctracer roctx)
+    if (Roctracer_FOUND)
+      set(LBANN_HAS_ROCTRACER TRUE)
+      list(APPEND LBANN_ROCM_LIBS roctracer::roctracer)
+    endif ()
+  endif ()
 endif (LBANN_HAS_ROCM)
 
 # This is used in the sample list implementation
diff --git a/cmake/configure_files/lbann_config.hpp.in b/cmake/configure_files/lbann_config.hpp.in
index b39eb5c4a06..0f15e036671 100644
--- a/cmake/configure_files/lbann_config.hpp.in
+++ b/cmake/configure_files/lbann_config.hpp.in
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
 
 #cmakedefine LBANN_HAS_ROCM
 #cmakedefine LBANN_HAS_MIOPEN
+#cmakedefine LBANN_HAS_ROCTRACER
 
 #cmakedefine LBANN_HAS_ONEDNN
 #cmakedefine LBANN_HAS_ONEDNN_CPU
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindRoctracer.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindRoctracer.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..409c309916d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindRoctracer.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+################################################################################
+## Copyright (c) 2014-2022, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC.
+## Produced at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
+## Written by the LBANN Research Team (B. Van Essen, et al.) listed in
+## the CONTRIBUTORS file. <lbann-dev@llnl.gov>
+##
+## LLNL-CODE-697807.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This file is part of LBANN: Livermore Big Artificial Neural Network
+## Toolkit. For details, see http://software.llnl.gov/LBANN or
+## https://github.com/LLNL/LBANN.
+##
+## Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "Licensee"); you
+## may not use this file except in compliance with the License.  You may
+## obtain a copy of the License at:
+##
+## http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+##
+## Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+## distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+## WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or
+## implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+## permissions and limitations under the license.
+################################################################################
+# Sets the following variables
+#
+#   Roctracer_FOUND
+#   Roctracer_LIBRARIES
+#
+# Defines the following imported target:
+#
+#   roctracer::roctracer
+#   roctracer::roctracer_api
+#   roctracer::roctx_api
+#
+
+set(_supported_components roctracer roctx)
+if (NOT Roctracer_FIND_COMPONENTS)
+  set(Roctracer_FIND_COMPONENTS ${_supported_components})
+endif ()
+
+foreach (comp IN LISTS Roctracer_FIND_COMPONENTS)
+  if (NOT ${comp} IN_LIST _supported_components)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR
+      "Cannot specify component \"${comp}\" for package Roctracer. "
+      "Supported components are: ${_supported_components}.")
+  endif ()
+
+  set(_header_name "${comp}.h")
+  set(_lib_name "${comp}64")
+
+  find_path(${comp}_INCLUDE_PATH ${_header_name}
+    HINTS ${ROCM_PATH}/roctracer $ENV{ROCM_PATH}/roctracer
+    PATH_SUFFIXES include
+    DOC "The ${comp} include directory for roctracer."
+    NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+  find_path(${comp}_INCLUDE_PATH ${_header_name}
+    HINTS ${ROCM_PATH}/include/roctracer $ENV{ROCM_PATH}/include/roctracer
+    DOC "The ${comp} include directory for roctracer."
+    NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+  find_path(${comp}_INCLUDE_PATH ${_header_name})
+
+  find_library(${comp}_LIBRARY ${_lib_name}
+    HINTS ${ROCM_PATH}/roctracer $ENV{ROCM_PATH}/roctracer
+    HINTS ${ROCM_PATH} $ENV{ROCM_PATH}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES lib64 lib
+    DOC "The ${comp} library for roctracer."
+    NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+  find_library(${comp}_LIBRARY ${_lib_name})
+
+  if (${comp}_LIBRARY AND ${comp}_INCLUDE_PATH)
+    set(Roctracer_${comp}_FOUND TRUE)
+
+    if (NOT TARGET roctracer::${comp}_api)
+      add_library(roctracer::${comp}_api INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+    endif ()
+    target_link_libraries(roctracer::${comp}_api INTERFACE
+      "${${comp}_LIBRARY}")
+    target_include_directories(roctracer::${comp}_api INTERFACE
+      "${${comp}_INCLUDE_PATH}")
+
+    mark_as_advanced(${comp}_LIBRARY)
+    mark_as_advanced(${comp}_INCLUDE_PATH)
+
+    list(APPEND _imported_libraries roctracer::${comp}_api)
+  else ()
+    set(Roctracer_${comp}_FOUND FALSE)
+  endif ()
+endforeach ()
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Roctracer HANDLE_COMPONENTS)
+
+if (Roctracer_FOUND)
+  if (NOT TARGET roctracer::roctracer)
+    add_library(roctracer::roctracer INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+  endif ()
+  foreach (lib IN LISTS _imported_libraries)
+    target_link_libraries(roctracer::roctracer INTERFACE ${lib})
+  endforeach ()
+  set(Roctracer_LIBRARIES roctracer::roctracer)
+endif (Roctracer_FOUND)
diff --git a/src/utils/profiling.cpp b/src/utils/profiling.cpp
index 03859e93442..875fc80e3e0 100644
--- a/src/utils/profiling.cpp
+++ b/src/utils/profiling.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #include "lbann/base.hpp"
 #include "lbann/utils/profiling.hpp"
+#include "lbann/utils/exception.hpp"
+
 #if defined(LBANN_SCOREP)
 #include <scorep/SCOREP_User.h>
 #elif defined(LBANN_NVPROF)
@@ -39,6 +41,11 @@
 #include "lbann/utils/gpu/helpers.hpp"
 #endif
 
+#if defined(LBANN_HAS_ROCTRACER)
+#include <roctx.h>
+#include <roctracer_ext.h>
+#endif
+
 namespace {
 bool profiling_started = false;
 }
@@ -94,12 +101,36 @@ void prof_region_end(const char *, bool sync) {
   }
   nvtxRangePop();
 }
+#elif defined(LBANN_HAS_ROCTRACER)
+void prof_start() {
+  roctracer_start();
+  profiling_started = true;
+}
+void prof_stop() {
+  roctracer_stop();
+  profiling_started = false;
+}
+void prof_region_begin(const char *s, int, bool sync) {
+  if (!profiling_started) return;
+  if (sync) {
+    hydrogen::gpu::SynchronizeDevice();
+  }
+  LBANN_ASSERT(0 <= roctxRangePush(s));
+}
+void prof_region_end(const char *, bool sync) {
+  if (!profiling_started) return;
+  if (sync) {
+    hydrogen::gpu::SynchronizeDevice();
+  }
+  LBANN_ASSERT(0 <= roctxRangePop());
+}
 #else
 void prof_start() {
   profiling_started = true;
   return;
 }
 void prof_stop() {
+  profiling_started = false;
   return;
 }
 void prof_region_begin(const char *, int, bool) {