diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindNCCL.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindNCCL.cmake
index a16c9aca67..51eb54f14c 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindNCCL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindNCCL.cmake
@@ -55,9 +55,10 @@ if(NCCL_FOUND)  # obtaining NCCL version and some sanity checks
   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>
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ if(NCCL_FOUND)  # obtaining NCCL version and some sanity checks
       }
 ")
     try_run(NCCL_VERSION_MATCHED compile_result ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR} ${file}
+          CMAKE_FLAGS -DINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES=/opt/cuda/include
           RUN_OUTPUT_VARIABLE NCCL_VERSION_FROM_HEADER
           CMAKE_FLAGS  "-DINCLUDE_DIRECTORIES=${NCCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
           LINK_LIBRARIES ${NCCL_LIBRARIES})