diff --git a/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_path_finder/find_nvidia_headers.py b/cuda_bindings/cuda/bindings/_path_finder/find_nvidia_headers.py
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+# Copyright 2025 NVIDIA Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-NVIDIA-SOFTWARE-LICENSE
+
+import functools
+import glob
+import os
+
+from cuda.bindings._path_finder.find_sub_dirs import find_sub_dirs_all_sitepackages
+from cuda.bindings._path_finder.supported_libs import IS_WINDOWS
+
+
+@functools.cache
+def find_nvidia_header_directory(libname: str) -> str:
+    if libname != "nvshmem":
+        raise RuntimeError(f"UNKNOWN {libname=}")
+
+    if libname == "nvshmem" and IS_WINDOWS:
+        # nvshmem has no Windows support.
+        return None
+
+    # Installed from a wheel
+    nvidia_sub_dirs = ("nvidia", "nvshmem", "include")
+    for hdr_dir in find_sub_dirs_all_sitepackages(nvidia_sub_dirs):
+        nvshmem_h_path = os.path.join(hdr_dir, "nvshmem.h")
+        if os.path.isfile(nvshmem_h_path):
+            return hdr_dir
+
+    conda_prefix = os.environ.get("CONDA_PREFIX")
+    if conda_prefix and os.path.isdir(conda_prefix):
+        hdr_dir = os.path.join(conda_prefix, "include")
+        if os.path.isdir(hdr_dir):
+            nvshmem_h_path = os.path.join(hdr_dir, "nvshmem.h")
+            if os.path.isfile(nvshmem_h_path):
+                return hdr_dir
+
+    for hdr_dir in sorted(glob.glob("/usr/include/nvshmem_*")):
+        if os.path.isdir(hdr_dir):
+            nvshmem_h_path = os.path.join(hdr_dir, "nvshmem.h")
+            if os.path.isfile(nvshmem_h_path):
+                return hdr_dir
+
+    return None
diff --git a/cuda_bindings/tests/test_path_finder_find_headers.py b/cuda_bindings/tests/test_path_finder_find_headers.py
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+# Copyright 2025 NVIDIA Corporation.  All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-NVIDIA-SOFTWARE-LICENSE
+
+import pytest
+
+from cuda.bindings._path_finder import find_nvidia_headers
+
+
+def test_find_nvidia_header_directory(info_summary_append):
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="^UNKNOWN libname='unknown-libname'$"):
+        find_nvidia_headers.find_nvidia_header_directory("unknown-libname")
+
+    hdr_dir = find_nvidia_headers.find_nvidia_header_directory("nvshmem")
+    # TODO: Find ways to test more meaningfully, and how to avoid HARD-WIRED PATHS in particular.
+    assert hdr_dir in [
+        # pip install nvidia-nvshmem-cu12
+        "/home/rgrossekunst/forked/cuda-python/venvs/scratch/lib/python3.12/site-packages/nvidia/nvshmem/include",
+        #
+        # conda create -y -n nvshmem python=3.12
+        # conda activate nvshmem
+        # conda install -y conda-forge::libnvshmem3 conda-forge::libnvshmem-dev
+        "/home/rgrossekunst/miniforge3/envs/nvshmem/include",
+        #
+        # sudo apt install libnvshmem3-cuda-12 libnvshmem3-dev-cuda-12
+        "/usr/include/nvshmem_12",
+        #
+        # nvshmem not available
+        None,
+    ]
+    info_summary_append(f"{hdr_dir=!r}")