diff --git a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/clr/default.nix b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/clr/default.nix
index 9e5b7abbf099..d7202b6190ef 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/clr/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/clr/default.nix
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
           "amdgcnspirv"
         ];
       };
+      hiprtc-type-traits = callPackage ./test-hiprtc-type-traits.nix {
+        clr = finalAttrs.finalPackage;
+        inherit rocm-smi;
+      };
     };
 
     selectGpuTargets =
diff --git a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/clr/test-hiprtc-type-traits.cpp b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/clr/test-hiprtc-type-traits.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..39a99f39eae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/clr/test-hiprtc-type-traits.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include <hip/hip_runtime.h>
+#include <hip/hiprtc.h>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <string>
+
+#define CHECK_HIP(expr) do { \
+  if ((expr) != hipSuccess) { \
+    std::cerr << #expr << " failed" << std::endl; \
+    return 1; \
+  } \
+} while(0)
+
+#define CHECK_HIPRTC(expr) do { \
+  hiprtcResult _res = (expr); \
+  if (_res != HIPRTC_SUCCESS) { \
+    std::cerr << #expr << " failed: " << hiprtcGetErrorString(_res) << std::endl; \
+    hiprtcGetProgramLogSize(prog, &log_size); \
+    if (log_size > 0) { \
+      std::string log(log_size, '\0'); \
+      hiprtcGetProgramLog(prog, log.data()); \
+      std::cerr << "Compile log:\n" << log << std::endl; \
+    } \
+    return 1; \
+  } \
+} while(0)
+
+static const char* kernelSource = R"(
+  #include <type_traits>
+
+  extern "C" __global__ void test_kernel(int* out) {
+    static_assert(std::is_same<int, std::remove_const<const int>::type>::value,
+                  "type_traits not working");
+    out[0] = 5;
+  }
+)";
+
+int main() {
+  hiprtcProgram prog;
+  size_t log_size = 0;
+  CHECK_HIPRTC(hiprtcCreateProgram(&prog, kernelSource, "test.hip", 0, nullptr, nullptr));
+  CHECK_HIPRTC(hiprtcCompileProgram(prog, 0, nullptr));
+
+  size_t code_size;
+  CHECK_HIPRTC(hiprtcGetCodeSize(prog, &code_size));
+  std::string code(code_size, '\0');
+  CHECK_HIPRTC(hiprtcGetCode(prog, code.data()));
+  hiprtcDestroyProgram(&prog);
+
+  hipModule_t module;
+  hipFunction_t kernel;
+  CHECK_HIP(hipModuleLoadData(&module, code.data()));
+  CHECK_HIP(hipModuleGetFunction(&kernel, module, "test_kernel"));
+
+  int* d_out;
+  int h_out = 0;
+  CHECK_HIP(hipMalloc(&d_out, sizeof(int)));
+  void* args[] = { &d_out };
+  CHECK_HIP(hipModuleLaunchKernel(kernel, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, nullptr, args, nullptr));
+  CHECK_HIP(hipMemcpy(&h_out, d_out, sizeof(int), hipMemcpyDeviceToHost));
+
+  if (h_out != 5) {
+    std::cerr << "Kernel output mismatch: expected 5, got " << h_out << std::endl;
+    return 1;
+  }
+
+  std::cout << "HIPRTC type_traits test passed (output=" << h_out << ")" << std::endl;
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/clr/test-hiprtc-type-traits.nix b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/clr/test-hiprtc-type-traits.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0f3628fcdaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/rocm-modules/clr/test-hiprtc-type-traits.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  stdenv,
+  makeImpureTest,
+  clr,
+  rocm-smi,
+}:
+# minimal hiprtc test that compiles a kernel using <type_traits> at runtime
+# mirrors an migraphx workload, better test/iteration UX to be able to confirm
+# with just a build up to clr
+let
+  hiprtc-test = stdenv.mkDerivation {
+    pname = "hiprtc-type-traits-test";
+    version = "0";
+
+    dontUnpack = true;
+
+    nativeBuildInputs = [ clr ];
+
+    buildPhase = ''
+      runHook preBuild
+      hipcc -o hiprtc-test ${./test-hiprtc-type-traits.cpp} -lhiprtc
+      runHook postBuild
+    '';
+
+    installPhase = ''
+      runHook preInstall
+      mkdir -p $out/bin
+      cp hiprtc-test $out/bin/
+      runHook postInstall
+    '';
+  };
+in
+makeImpureTest {
+  name = "hiprtc-type-traits";
+  testedPackage = "rocmPackages.clr";
+
+  sandboxPaths = [
+    "/sys"
+    "/dev/dri"
+    "/dev/kfd"
+  ];
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    hiprtc-test
+    rocm-smi
+  ];
+
+  testScript = ''
+    rocm-smi
+    hiprtc-test
+  '';
+
+  meta = {
+    teams = [ lib.teams.rocm ];
+  };
+}