diff --git a/tools/nvcc_lazy b/tools/nvcc_lazy
index e3e7e361021c2f9ef81fc30d9d6875c9159e2a26..a553c6f5dcdfd02ea2fb0a8827ade4dac920da30 100755
--- a/tools/nvcc_lazy
+++ b/tools/nvcc_lazy
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ set -e
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-
 ## CUDA_MODULE_LOADING=EAGER,DEFAULT,LAZY
 
+# set cicc PATH for Centos
+export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/cuda/nvvm/bin
+
 # check nvcc version, if nvcc >= 11.7, just run nvcc itself
 CUDA_VERSION=$(nvcc --version | grep -oP '(?<=V)\d*\.\d*')
 CUDA_VERSION_MAJOR=${CUDA_VERSION%.*}