diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d5467f4..9902545 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -175,21 +175,12 @@ endif()
 # components under separate prefixes.
 find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
 find_package(CUTENSOR REQUIRED)
+find_package(CUFFT REQUIRED)
 
 set(CUDECOMP_CUDART_TARGET CUDA::cudart)
 set(CUDECOMP_CUTENSOR_TARGET CUTENSOR::CUTENSOR)
-set(CUDECOMP_CUFFT_TARGET CUDA::cufft)
-get_target_property(CUDECOMP_CUFFT_LIBRARY ${CUDECOMP_CUFFT_TARGET} IMPORTED_LOCATION)
-get_filename_component(CUDECOMP_CUFFT_LIBRARY_DIR "${CUDECOMP_CUFFT_LIBRARY}" DIRECTORY)
-get_filename_component(CUDECOMP_CUFFT_ROOT "${CUDECOMP_CUFFT_LIBRARY_DIR}" DIRECTORY)
-find_path(CUDECOMP_CUFFT_INCLUDE_DIR
-  NAMES cufft.h
-  HINTS ${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS} "${CUDECOMP_CUFFT_ROOT}/include"
-  PATHS ENV CPATH
-  REQUIRED
-)
-unset(CUDECOMP_CUFFT_LIBRARY_DIR)
-unset(CUDECOMP_CUFFT_ROOT)
+set(CUDECOMP_CUFFT_TARGET CUFFT::CUFFT)
+set(CUDECOMP_CUFFT_INCLUDE_DIR "${CUFFT_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 set(CUDECOMP_CUDA_VERSION "${CUDAToolkit_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CUDAToolkit_VERSION_MINOR}")
 set(CUDECOMP_CUDA_INCLUDE_DIR "${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 foreach(CUDECOMP_CUDA_INCLUDE_ROOT IN LISTS CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS)
@@ -315,6 +306,7 @@ endif()
   message(STATUS "  CUDA Toolkit: ${CUDAToolkit_LIBRARY_ROOT} (${CUDAToolkit_VERSION})")
   message(STATUS "  CUDA compute capabilities: ${CUDECOMP_CUDA_CC_LIST}")
   message(STATUS "  CUTENSOR: ${CUTENSOR_LIBRARY} (${CUTENSOR_VERSION})")
+  message(STATUS "  cuFFT: ${CUFFT_LIBRARY}")
   message(STATUS "  NCCL: ${NCCL_LIBRARY} (${NCCL_VERSION})")
   if (CUDECOMP_ENABLE_NVSHMEM)
     message(STATUS "  NVSHMEM host library: ${NVSHMEM_HOST_LIBRARY}")
diff --git a/cmake/FindCUFFT.cmake b/cmake/FindCUFFT.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ca1ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindCUFFT.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+
+# Older FindCUDAToolkit versions can find the CUDA runtime in NVHPC without
+# finding cuFFT in the separate, versioned math_libs directory.
+if (TARGET CUDA::cufft)
+  get_target_property(CUFFT_LIBRARY CUDA::cufft IMPORTED_LOCATION)
+  # Older FindCUDAToolkit versions use an interface target without a location.
+  if (NOT CUFFT_LIBRARY)
+    set(CUFFT_LIBRARY "${CUDA_cufft_LIBRARY}")
+  endif()
+else()
+  set(_CUFFT_NVHPC_ROOT
+      "${CUDECOMP_NVHPC_SDK_ROOT}/math_libs/${CUDAToolkit_VERSION_MAJOR}.${CUDAToolkit_VERSION_MINOR}")
+  if (CUDECOMP_NVHPC_SDK_ROOT AND IS_DIRECTORY "${_CUFFT_NVHPC_ROOT}")
+    list(APPEND _CUFFT_PATHS "${_CUFFT_NVHPC_ROOT}")
+  endif()
+  find_library(CUFFT_LIBRARY
+    NAMES cufft
+    HINTS ${CUDAToolkit_LIBRARY_DIR}
+    PATHS ${_CUFFT_PATHS} ENV NVCOMPILER_MATH_LIBS_HOME ENV LIBRARY_PATH ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+    PATH_SUFFIXES lib64 lib
+  )
+endif()
+
+if (CUFFT_LIBRARY)
+  get_filename_component(_CUFFT_LIBRARY_DIR "${CUFFT_LIBRARY}" DIRECTORY)
+  get_filename_component(_CUFFT_ROOT "${_CUFFT_LIBRARY_DIR}" DIRECTORY)
+endif()
+find_path(CUFFT_INCLUDE_DIR
+  NAMES cufft.h
+  HINTS "${_CUFFT_ROOT}/include" ${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  PATHS ${_CUFFT_PATHS} ENV NVCOMPILER_MATH_LIBS_HOME ENV CPATH
+  PATH_SUFFIXES include
+)
+
+find_package_handle_standard_args(CUFFT REQUIRED_VARS CUFFT_LIBRARY CUFFT_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+if (CUFFT_FOUND AND NOT TARGET CUFFT::CUFFT)
+  if (TARGET CUDA::cufft)
+    add_library(CUFFT::CUFFT INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+    set_target_properties(CUFFT::CUFFT PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES CUDA::cufft)
+  else()
+    add_library(CUFFT::CUFFT UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+    set_target_properties(CUFFT::CUFFT PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CUFFT_LIBRARY}")
+  endif()
+  set_target_properties(CUFFT::CUFFT PROPERTIES
+    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CUFFT_INCLUDE_DIR};${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+  )
+endif()
+
+mark_as_advanced(CUFFT_LIBRARY CUFFT_INCLUDE_DIR)
+unset(_CUFFT_NVHPC_ROOT)
+unset(_CUFFT_PATHS)
+unset(_CUFFT_LIBRARY_DIR)
+unset(_CUFFT_ROOT)