diff --git a/python/paddle_serving_server_gpu/__init__.py b/python/paddle_serving_server_gpu/__init__.py
index 93a167b949cfaaabf900aba5c6f1376e9568ca60..4cbfbf96905d3681c7e024a7a09164de9abaaea6 100644
--- a/python/paddle_serving_server_gpu/__init__.py
+++ b/python/paddle_serving_server_gpu/__init__.py
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ class Server(object):
             self.bin_path = os.environ["SERVING_BIN"]
 
     def check_cuda(self):
-        r = os.system("whereis cuda > /dev/null")
+        r = os.system("nvcc --version > /dev/null")
         if r != 0:
             raise SystemExit(
                 "CUDA not found, please check your environment or use cpu version by \"pip install paddle_serving_server\""