diff --git a/src/backend.c b/src/backend.c
index 5017b9ca9..1d73c0590 100644
--- a/src/backend.c
+++ b/src/backend.c
@@ -4390,6 +4390,21 @@ int backend_ctx_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
       backend_ctx->rc_hiprtc_init = rc_hiprtc_init;
 
       hiprtc_close (hashcat_ctx);
+
+      #if defined (_WIN)
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "Support for HIPRTC was dropped by AMD Adrenalin Edition 22.7.1 and later.");
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "This is not a hashcat problem.");
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, NULL);
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "For details please read: https://github.com/hashcat/hashcat/issues/3501");
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, NULL);
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "In order to make HIP work, you have two options:");
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "- Install AMD Adrenalin version 22.5.1 EXACTLY");
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "- Read the details from the above link for other workarounds");
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, NULL);
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "You can also just stick to OpenCL support.");
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, "To do this, just use --backend-ignore-hip option to ignore HIP.");
+      event_log_warning (hashcat_ctx, NULL);
+      #endif
     }
 
     /**