diff --git a/cmake/utils.cmake b/cmake/utils.cmake
index 52e5b5ee33..35843a3265 100644
--- a/cmake/utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils.cmake
@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@ function(GenerateNamedObjects sources_in)
       endif ()
       if (${float_type} STREQUAL "BFLOAT16")
         list(APPEND obj_defines "BFLOAT16")
+      endif ()
+	  if (${float_type} STREQUAL "HFLOAT16")
+        list(APPEND obj_defines "HFLOAT16")
       endif ()
       if (${float_type} STREQUAL "COMPLEX" OR ${float_type} STREQUAL "ZCOMPLEX")
         list(APPEND obj_defines "COMPLEX")