diff --git a/cpp/include/cucim/dynlib/helper.h b/cpp/include/cucim/dynlib/helper.h
index 1c54b9ec9..882d32779 100644
--- a/cpp/include/cucim/dynlib/helper.h
+++ b/cpp/include/cucim/dynlib/helper.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "../macros/defines.h"
 
 #include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
 #if CUCIM_PLATFORM_LINUX
 #    include <dlfcn.h>
@@ -74,6 +75,25 @@ inline LibraryHandle load_library(const char* library_name, int mode = -1)
 #endif
 }
 
+inline LibraryHandle load_library(const std::vector<const char*>& names,
+                                  int mode = -1)
+{
+#if CUCIM_PLATFORM_LINUX
+    LibraryHandle handle_ = nullptr;
+    for (const char* name : names)
+    {
+        handle_= load_library(name, mode);
+        if (handle_ != nullptr)
+        {
+            return handle_;
+        }
+    }
+    return nullptr;
+#else
+#    error "This platform is not supported!"
+#endif
+}
+
 inline std::string get_last_load_library_error()
 {
 #if CUCIM_PLATFORM_LINUX
diff --git a/gds/src/cufile_stub.cpp b/gds/src/cufile_stub.cpp
index d8bf26b22..cc417bb69 100644
--- a/gds/src/cufile_stub.cpp
+++ b/gds/src/cufile_stub.cpp
@@ -59,9 +59,23 @@ void CuFileStub::load()
 #if !CUCIM_STATIC_GDS
         if (handle_ == nullptr)
         {
-            // Note: Load the dynamic library with RTLD_NODELETE flag because libcufile.so uses therad_local which can
+            // Note: Load the dynamic library with RTLD_NODELETE flag because libcufile.so uses thread_local which can
             // cause a segmentation fault if the library is dynamically loaded/unloaded. (See #158)
-            handle_ = cucim::dynlib::load_library("libcufile.so", RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL | RTLD_NODELETE);
+            // CUDA versions before CUDA 11.7.1 did not ship libcufile.so.0, so this is
+            // a workaround that adds support for all prior versions of libcufile.
+            handle_ = cucim::dynlib::load_library(
+                {
+                    "libcufile.so.0",
+                    "libcufile.so.1.3.0" /* 11.7.0 */,
+                    "libcufile.so.1.2.1" /* 11.6.2, 11.6.1 */,
+                    "libcufile.so.1.2.0" /* 11.6.0 */,
+                    "libcufile.so.1.1.1" /* 11.5.1 */,
+                    "libcufile.so.1.1.0" /* 11.5.0 */,
+                    "libcufile.so.1.0.2" /* 11.4.4, 11.4.3, 11.4.2 */,
+                    "libcufile.so.1.0.1" /* 11.4.1 */,
+                    "libcufile.so.1.0.0" /* 11.4.0 */
+                },
+                RTLD_LAZY | RTLD_LOCAL | RTLD_NODELETE);
             if (handle_ == nullptr)
             {
                 return;