diff --git a/gpuctypes/check_cuda.py b/gpuctypes/check_cuda.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1e8367e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gpuctypes/check_cuda.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import ctypes
+
+def is_libnvrtc_available():
+  try:
+    ctypes.CDLL("libnvrtc.so")
+    return True
+  except OSError:
+    return False
+
+def is_libcuda_available():
+  try:
+    ctypes.CDLL("libcuda.so")
+    return True
+  except OSError:
+    return False
+
+def is_cuda_available():
+  if is_libcuda_available() and is_libnvrtc_available():
+    pass
+  else:
+    raise ImportError("libcuda.so  or libnvrtc.so is not available. Please check your CUDA installation!")
+
diff --git a/gpuctypes/cuda.py b/gpuctypes/cuda.py
index acba81c..383a3b0 100644
--- a/gpuctypes/cuda.py
+++ b/gpuctypes/cuda.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 # LONGDOUBLE_SIZE is: 16
 #
 import ctypes, ctypes.util
-
+from gpuctypes.check_cuda import is_cuda_available
+is_cuda_available()
 
 class AsDictMixin:
     @classmethod