diff --git a/backend/go/parakeet-cpp/Makefile b/backend/go/parakeet-cpp/Makefile
index 48cf3232bb..e8306859cd 100644
--- a/backend/go/parakeet-cpp/Makefile
+++ b/backend/go/parakeet-cpp/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,14 @@ ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),cublas)
 else ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),openblas)
 	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_BLAS=ON -DGGML_BLAS_VENDOR=OpenBLAS
 else ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),hipblas)
-	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DPARAKEET_GGML_HIP=ON
+	# PARAKEET_GGML_HIP enables ggml's HIP backend. Use the ROCm clang and forward the
+	# gfx targets explicitly, as the llama-cpp and qwen3-tts-cpp backends do.
+	ROCM_HOME ?= /opt/rocm
+	ROCM_PATH ?= /opt/rocm
+	export CXX=$(ROCM_HOME)/llvm/bin/clang++
+	export CC=$(ROCM_HOME)/llvm/bin/clang
+	AMDGPU_TARGETS ?= gfx908,gfx90a,gfx942,gfx950,gfx1030,gfx1100,gfx1101,gfx1102,gfx1151,gfx1200,gfx1201
+	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DPARAKEET_GGML_HIP=ON -DAMDGPU_TARGETS=$(AMDGPU_TARGETS) -DGPU_TARGETS=$(AMDGPU_TARGETS)
 else ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),vulkan)
 	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DPARAKEET_GGML_VULKAN=ON
 else ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),metal)
diff --git a/backend/go/whisper/Makefile b/backend/go/whisper/Makefile
index 5a768eb69e..ed3d94b1c9 100644
--- a/backend/go/whisper/Makefile
+++ b/backend/go/whisper/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,14 @@ else ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),openblas)
 else ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),clblas)
 	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_CLBLAST=ON -DCLBlast_DIR=/some/path
 else ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),hipblas)
-	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_HIPBLAS=ON
+	# ggml only understands GGML_HIP (GGML_HIPBLAS was removed upstream) and needs the
+	# gfx targets forwarded; otherwise the build silently falls back to CPU (see #10666).
+	ROCM_HOME ?= /opt/rocm
+	ROCM_PATH ?= /opt/rocm
+	export CXX=$(ROCM_HOME)/llvm/bin/clang++
+	export CC=$(ROCM_HOME)/llvm/bin/clang
+	AMDGPU_TARGETS ?= gfx908,gfx90a,gfx942,gfx950,gfx1030,gfx1100,gfx1101,gfx1102,gfx1151,gfx1200,gfx1201
+	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_HIP=ON -DAMDGPU_TARGETS=$(AMDGPU_TARGETS) -DGPU_TARGETS=$(AMDGPU_TARGETS)
 else ifeq ($(BUILD_TYPE),vulkan)
 	CMAKE_ARGS+=-DGGML_VULKAN=ON
 else ifeq ($(OS),Darwin)