diff --git a/projects/rccl/CHANGELOG.md b/projects/rccl/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f43e0cd35..f4169c11ba 100644
--- a/projects/rccl/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/projects/rccl/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Full documentation for RCCL is available at [https://rccl.readthedocs.io](https:
 ## Unreleased - RCCL 2.27.7 for ROCm 7.1.0
 
 ### Added
+* `RCCL_FORCE_ENABLE_DMABUF` added as a debugging feature if the user wants to explicitly enable DMABUF and forego system/kernel checks.
 * Added `RCCL_P2P_BATCH_THRESHOLD` to set the message size limit for batching P2P operations. This mainly affects small message performance for alltoall at a large scale but also applies to alltoallv.
 * Added `RCCL_P2P_BATCH_ENABLE` to enable batching P2P operations to receive performance gains for smaller messages up to 4MB for alltoall when the workload requires it. This is to avoid performance dips for larger messages.
 * added `RCCL_CHANNEL_TUNING_ENABLE` to enable channel tuning that overrides RCCL's internal adjustments based on threadThreshold.
diff --git a/projects/rccl/src/misc/rocmwrap.cc b/projects/rccl/src/misc/rocmwrap.cc
index 5888378a72..98239fe320 100644
--- a/projects/rccl/src/misc/rocmwrap.cc
+++ b/projects/rccl/src/misc/rocmwrap.cc
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 DECLARE_ROCM_PFN(hsa_amd_portable_export_dmabuf); // DMA-BUF support
 NCCL_PARAM(DmaBufEnable, "DMABUF_ENABLE", 0);
+RCCL_PARAM(ForceEnableDMABUF, "FORCE_ENABLE_DMABUF", 0);
 /* ROCr Driver functions loaded with dlsym() */
 DECLARE_ROCM_PFN(hsa_init);
 DECLARE_ROCM_PFN(hsa_system_get_info);
@@ -146,15 +147,22 @@ static void initOnceFunc() {
 
   // Determine whether we support the cuMem APIs or not
   ncclCuMemSupported = ncclIsCuMemSupported();
-
   /* DMA-BUF support */
   //ROCm support
-  if (ncclParamDmaBufEnable() == 0 ) {
+  if(rcclParamForceEnableDMABUF())
+  {
+      dmaBufSupport = 1;
+      WARN("DMA_BUF Support is force enabled, so explicitly setting RCCL_FORCE_ENABLE_DMABUF=1");
+  }
+  else if (ncclParamDmaBufEnable() == 0)
+  {
     INFO(NCCL_INIT, "Dmabuf feature disabled without NCCL_DMABUF_ENABLE=1");
     goto error;
   }
+
+  // ROCr checks
   res = pfn_hsa_system_get_info((hsa_system_info_t) 0x204, &dmaBufSupport);
-  if (res != HSA_STATUS_SUCCESS || !dmaBufSupport) {
+  if (res != HSA_STATUS_SUCCESS || !dmaBufSupport){
     INFO(NCCL_INIT, "Current version of ROCm does not support dmabuf feature.");
     goto error;
   }
@@ -164,45 +172,64 @@ static void initOnceFunc() {
       WARN("Failed to load ROCr missing symbol hsa_amd_portable_export_dmabuf");
       goto error;
     }
-    else {
-      //check OS kernel support
-      struct utsname utsname;
-      FILE *fp = NULL;
-      char kernel_opt1[28] = "CONFIG_DMABUF_MOVE_NOTIFY=y";
-      char kernel_opt2[20] = "CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA=y";
-      char kernel_conf_file[128];
-      char buf[256];
-      int found_opt1 = 0;
-      int found_opt2 = 0;
-
-      //check for kernel name exists
-      if (uname(&utsname) == -1) INFO(NCCL_INIT,"Could not get kernel name");
-      //format and store the kernel conf file location
-      snprintf(kernel_conf_file, sizeof(kernel_conf_file), "/boot/config-%s", utsname.release);
-      fp = fopen(kernel_conf_file, "r");
-      if (fp == NULL) INFO(NCCL_INIT,"Could not open kernel conf file");
-      //look for kernel_opt1 and kernel_opt2 in the conf file and check
-      while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL) {
-        if (strstr(buf, kernel_opt1) != NULL) {
-          found_opt1 = 1;
-          INFO(NCCL_INIT,"CONFIG_DMABUF_MOVE_NOTIFY=y in /boot/config-%s", utsname.release);
-        }
-        if (strstr(buf, kernel_opt2) != NULL) {
-          found_opt2 = 1;
-          INFO(NCCL_INIT,"CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA=y in /boot/config-%s", utsname.release);
-        }
-      }
-      if (!found_opt1 || !found_opt2) {
-        dmaBufSupport = 0;
-        INFO(NCCL_INIT, "CONFIG_DMABUF_MOVE_NOTIFY and CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA should be set for DMA_BUF in /boot/config-%s", utsname.release);
-        INFO(NCCL_INIT, "DMA_BUF_SUPPORT Failed due to OS kernel support");
-      }
-
-      if(dmaBufSupport) INFO(NCCL_INIT, "DMA_BUF Support Enabled");
-      else goto error;
-    }
   }
 
+  //check OS kernel support
+  if(!rcclParamForceEnableDMABUF()) {
+    struct utsname utsname;
+    FILE *fp = NULL;
+    char kernel_opt1[28] = "CONFIG_DMABUF_MOVE_NOTIFY=y";
+    char kernel_opt2[20] = "CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA=y";
+    char kernel_conf_file[128];
+    char buf[256];
+    int found_opt1 = 0;
+    int found_opt2 = 0;
+
+    //check for kernel name exists
+    if (uname(&utsname) == -1) INFO(NCCL_INIT,"Could not get kernel name");
+    //format and store the kernel conf file location
+    const char* possiblePaths[] = {
+      "/proc/config.gz",
+      "/boot/config-%s",
+      "/usr/src/linux-%s/.config",
+      "/usr/src/linux/.config",
+      "/usr/lib/modules/%s/config",
+      "/usr/lib/ostree-boot/config-%s",
+      "/usr/lib/kernel/config-%s",
+      "/usr/src/linux-headers-%s/.config",
+      "/lib/modules/%s/build/.config",
+    };
+    for (const auto& path : possiblePaths) {
+      snprintf(kernel_conf_file, sizeof(kernel_conf_file), path, utsname.release);
+      fp = fopen(kernel_conf_file, "r");
+      if (fp != NULL){
+        //look for kernel_opt1 and kernel_opt2 in the conf file and check
+        while (fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fp) != NULL) {
+          if (strstr(buf, kernel_opt1) != NULL) {
+            found_opt1 = 1;
+            INFO(NCCL_INIT,"CONFIG_DMABUF_MOVE_NOTIFY=y in /boot/config-%s", utsname.release);
+          }
+          if (strstr(buf, kernel_opt2) != NULL) {
+            found_opt2 = 1;
+            INFO(NCCL_INIT,"CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA=y in /boot/config-%s", utsname.release);
+          }
+        }
+        if (!found_opt1 || !found_opt2) {
+          dmaBufSupport = 0;
+          INFO(NCCL_INIT, "CONFIG_DMABUF_MOVE_NOTIFY and CONFIG_PCI_P2PDMA should be set for DMA_BUF in /boot/config-%s", utsname.release);
+          INFO(NCCL_INIT, "DMA_BUF_SUPPORT Failed due to OS kernel support");
+        }
+
+        if(dmaBufSupport) INFO(NCCL_INIT, "DMA_BUF Support Enabled");
+        else goto error;
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    if(fp == NULL) {
+      dmaBufSupport = 0;
+      INFO(NCCL_INIT,"Could not open kernel conf file");
+    }
+  }
   /*
    * Required to initialize the ROCr Driver.
    * Multiple calls of hsa_init() will return immediately