diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9aafabba3..94d5e3d66 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.12)
+cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 3.17)
 project(ggml VERSION 0.1.0)
 
 set(CMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS "on")
@@ -44,8 +44,14 @@ option(GGML_NO_ACCELERATE           "ggml: disable Accelerate framework"      OF
 option(GGML_OPENBLAS                "ggml: use OpenBLAS"                      OFF)
 option(GGML_CLBLAST                 "ggml: use clBLAST"                       OFF)
 option(GGML_HIPBLAS                 "ggml: use hipBLAS"                       OFF)
+find_package(CUDAToolkit)
+if (CUDAToolkit_FOUND)
+option(GGML_CUDA                    "ggml: use CUDA"                          ON)
+option(GGML_CUBLAS                  "ggml: use CUDA (deprecated)"             ON)
+else()
 option(GGML_CUDA                    "ggml: use CUDA"                          OFF)
 option(GGML_CUBLAS                  "ggml: use CUDA (deprecated)"             OFF)
+endif()
 option(GGML_METAL                   "ggml: use Metal"                         OFF)
 option(GGML_METAL_NDEBUG            "ggml: disable Metal debugging"           OFF)
 option(GGML_METAL_SHADER_DEBUG      "ggml: compile Metal with -fno-fast-math" OFF)