diff --git a/src/bridge/gs_madrona/renderer_gs.py b/src/bridge/gs_madrona/renderer_gs.py
index cf664ce0..af27522b 100644
--- a/src/bridge/gs_madrona/renderer_gs.py
+++ b/src/bridge/gs_madrona/renderer_gs.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import ctypes
+from importlib.metadata import distribution, PackageNotFoundError
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Tuple
 
@@ -62,11 +63,12 @@ def __init__(
 
         # Preload Nvidia compiler runtime if available (i.e. torch is not built from source)
         try:
-            import nvidia.cuda_nvrtc
-            nvrtc_dir = Path(nvidia.cuda_nvrtc.__file__).parent.absolute()
-            libnvrtc_path, *_ = filter(Path.is_file, (nvrtc_dir / "lib").glob("libnvrtc.so.1*"))
-            ctypes.CDLL(libnvrtc_path, ctypes.RTLD_LOCAL)
-        except ImportError:
+            dist = distribution("nvidia_cuda_nvrtc_cu12")
+            for file in dist.files:
+                if file.name.startswith("libnvrtc.so.1"):
+                    ctypes.CDLL(dist.locate_file(file), ctypes.RTLD_LOCAL)
+                    break
+        except PackageNotFoundError:
             pass
 
         self.madrona = MadronaBatchRenderer(