diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/cuda.py b/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/cuda.py
index a30c8f53..e2078ff6 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/cuda.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/cuda.py
@@ -145,7 +145,19 @@ def char_pointer_cast(string, encoding='utf-8'):
 
 
 _libraries = {}
-_libraries['libcuda.so'] = ctypes.CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library('cuda'))
+libcuda = None
+try:
+    libcuda = ctypes.CDLL('libcuda.so')
+except OSError:
+    pass
+try:
+    libcuda = ctypes.CDLL('@driverLink@/lib/libcuda.so')
+except OSError:
+    pass
+if libcuda is None:
+    raise RuntimeError(f"`libcuda.so` not found")
+
+_libraries['libcuda.so'] = libcuda
 
 
 cuuint32_t = ctypes.c_uint32
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/nvrtc.py b/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/nvrtc.py
index 6af74187..c5a6c6c4 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/nvrtc.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/autogen/nvrtc.py
@@ -10,7 +10,18 @@ import ctypes, ctypes.util
 
 
 _libraries = {}
-_libraries['libnvrtc.so'] = ctypes.CDLL(ctypes.util.find_library('nvrtc'))
+libnvrtc = None
+try:
+    libnvrtc = ctypes.CDLL('libnvrtc.so')
+except OSError:
+    pass
+try:
+    libnvrtc = ctypes.CDLL('@libnvrtc@')
+except OSError:
+    pass
+if libnvrtc is None:
+    raise RuntimeError(f"`libnvrtc.so` not found")
+_libraries['libnvrtc.so'] = libnvrtc
 def string_cast(char_pointer, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict'):
     value = ctypes.cast(char_pointer, ctypes.c_char_p).value
     if value is not None and encoding is not None: