diff --git a/intern/cycles/cmake/external_libs.cmake b/intern/cycles/cmake/external_libs.cmake
index 616dd940801..403a0540963 100644
--- a/intern/cycles/cmake/external_libs.cmake
+++ b/intern/cycles/cmake/external_libs.cmake
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ if(WITH_CYCLES_CUDA_BINARIES OR NOT WITH_CUDA_DYNLOAD)
 	else()
 		message(STATUS "CUDA compiler not found, disabling WITH_CYCLES_CUDA_BINARIES")
 		set(WITH_CYCLES_CUDA_BINARIES OFF)
+		if(NOT WITH_CUDA_DYNLOAD)
+			message(STATUS "Additionally falling back to dynamic CUDA load")
+			set(WITH_CUDA_DYNLOAD ON)
+		endif()
 	endif()
 endif()