diff --git a/projects/clr/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt b/projects/clr/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt
index ee49e8561b..20801346fd 100755
--- a/projects/clr/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/projects/clr/hipamd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ message(STATUS "HIP Platform: " ${HIP_PLATFORM})
 if(HIP_PLATFORM STREQUAL "nvidia")
     set(HIP_RUNTIME "cuda"  CACHE STRING "HIP Runtime")
     set(HIP_COMPILER "nvcc" CACHE STRING "HIP Compiler")
+    if (NOT EXISTS ${HIPNV_DIR})
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Invalid path HIPNV_DIR=${HIPNV_DIR}, please pass valid path -DHIPNV_DIR=<path>" )
+    endif()
 elseif(HIP_PLATFORM STREQUAL "amd")
     set(HIP_RUNTIME "rocclr" CACHE STRING "HIP Runtime")
     set(HIP_COMPILER "clang" CACHE STRING "HIP Compiler")