diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindNCCL.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindNCCL.cmake
index 5bd3ccd606..f92eda98f5 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindNCCL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindNCCL.cmake
@@ -48,37 +48,39 @@ find_library(NCCL_LIBRARIES
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 find_package_handle_standard_args(NCCL DEFAULT_MSG NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS NCCL_LIBRARIES)
 
 if(NCCL_FOUND)  # obtaining NCCL version and some sanity checks
   set (NCCL_HEADER_FILE "${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}/nccl.h")
   message (STATUS "Determining NCCL version from ${NCCL_HEADER_FILE}...")
   set (OLD_CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES})
   list (APPEND CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   include(CheckCXXSymbolExists)
-  check_cxx_symbol_exists(NCCL_VERSION_CODE nccl.h NCCL_VERSION_DEFINED)
+  set(NCCL_VERSION_CODE $ENV{NCCL_VER_CODE})
+  set(NCCL_VERSION_DEFINED $ENV{NCCL_VER_CODE})
 
-  if (NCCL_VERSION_DEFINED)
+  if (DEFINED NCCL_VERSION_DEFINED)
     set(file "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/detect_nccl_version.cc")
     file(WRITE ${file} "
       #include <iostream>
       #include <nccl.h>
       int main()
       {
         std::cout << NCCL_MAJOR << '.' << NCCL_MINOR << '.' << NCCL_PATCH << std::endl;
 
         int x;
         ncclGetVersion(&x);
         return x == NCCL_VERSION_CODE;
       }
 ")
     try_run(NCCL_VERSION_MATCHED compile_result ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} ${file}
+          CMAKE_FLAGS -DINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES=/opt/cuda/include
           RUN_OUTPUT_VARIABLE NCCL_VERSION_FROM_HEADER
           LINK_LIBRARIES ${NCCL_LIBRARIES})
     if (NOT NCCL_VERSION_MATCHED)
       message(FATAL_ERROR "Found NCCL header version and library version do not match! \
 (include: ${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}, library: ${NCCL_LIBRARIES}) Please set NCCL_INCLUDE_DIR and NCCL_LIB_DIR manually.")
     endif()
     message(STATUS "NCCL version: ${NCCL_VERSION_FROM_HEADER}")
   else()
     message(STATUS "NCCL version < 2.3.5-5")
   endif ()