diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f94a209..fd142c14 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ target_link_options(mlx PUBLIC ${SANITIZER_LINK_FLAGS})
 if(MLX_BUILD_CUDA)
   enable_language(CUDA)
   find_package(CUDAToolkit REQUIRED)
+  find_package(CUDNN REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 if(MLX_BUILD_METAL)
diff --git a/cmake/FindCUDNN.cmake b/cmake/FindCUDNN.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e91f2f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindCUDNN.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2020, NVIDIA CORPORATION. All rights reserved.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+# Modified from
+# https://github.com/NVIDIA/cudnn-frontend/blob/main/cmake/cuDNN.cmake
+
+# Return the last file matching the pattern.
+function(find_file_glob VAR PATTERN)
+  file(GLOB _RESULT "${PATTERN}")
+  if(_RESULT)
+    list(LENGTH ${_RESULT} _RESULT_LENGTH)
+    if(_RESULT_LENGTH GREATER 0)
+      list(GET ${_RESULT} -1 _RESULT)
+    endif()
+    set(${VAR}
+        "${_RESULT}"
+        PARENT_SCOPE)
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
+# Find the dir including the "cudnn.h" file.
+find_path(
+  CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR cudnn.h
+  HINTS ${CUDNN_INCLUDE_PATH} ${CUDAToolkit_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+  PATH_SUFFIXES include OPTIONAL)
+
+# Glob searching "cudnn.h" for Windows.
+if(WIN32 AND NOT CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR)
+  find_file_glob(
+    CUDNN_H_PATH
+    "C:/Program Files/NVIDIA/CUDNN/*/include/${CUDAToolkit_VERSION_MAJOR}.*/cudnn.h"
+  )
+  if(CUDNN_H_PATH)
+    get_filename_component(CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR "${CUDNN_H_PATH}" DIRECTORY)
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+if(NOT CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR)
+  message(
+    FATAL_ERROR
+      "Unable to find cudnn.h, please make sure cuDNN is installed and pass CUDNN_INCLUDE_PATH to cmake."
+  )
+endif()
+
+# Get cudnn version.
+file(READ "${CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR}/cudnn_version.h" cudnn_version_header)
+string(REGEX MATCH "#define CUDNN_MAJOR [1-9]+" macrodef
+             "${cudnn_version_header}")
+string(REGEX MATCH "[1-9]+" CUDNN_MAJOR_VERSION "${macrodef}")
+
+# Function for searching library files.
+function(find_cudnn_library NAME)
+  if(NOT "${ARGV1}" STREQUAL "OPTIONAL")
+    set(_CUDNN_REQUIRED TRUE)
+  else()
+    set(_CUDNN_REQUIRED FALSE)
+  endif()
+
+  find_library(
+    ${NAME}_LIBRARY
+    NAMES ${NAME} "lib${NAME}.so.${CUDNN_MAJOR_VERSION}" NAMES_PER_DIR
+    HINTS ${CUDNN_LIBRARY_PATH} ${CUDAToolkit_LIBRARY_DIR}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES lib64 lib/x64 lib OPTIONAL)
+
+  if(WIN32 AND NOT ${NAME}_LIBRARY)
+    find_file_glob(
+      ${NAME}_LIBRARY
+      "C:/Program Files/NVIDIA/CUDNN/*/lib/${CUDAToolkit_VERSION_MAJOR}.*/x64/${NAME}.lib"
+    )
+  endif()
+
+  if(NOT ${NAME}_LIBRARY AND ${_CUDNN_REQUIRED})
+    message(
+      FATAL_ERROR
+        "Unable to find ${NAME}, please make sure cuDNN is installed and pass CUDNN_LIBRARY_PATH to cmake."
+    )
+  endif()
+
+  if(${NAME}_LIBRARY)
+    add_library(CUDNN::${NAME} UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+    set_target_properties(
+      CUDNN::${NAME}
+      PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR}
+                 IMPORTED_LOCATION ${${NAME}_LIBRARY})
+    set(${NAME}_LIBRARY
+        "${${NAME}_LIBRARY}"
+        PARENT_SCOPE)
+  else()
+    message(STATUS "${NAME} not found.")
+  endif()
+endfunction()
+
+# Search for the main cudnn library.
+find_cudnn_library(cudnn)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(CUDNN REQUIRED_VARS CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR
+                                                      cudnn_LIBRARY)
+
+if(CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR AND cudnn_LIBRARY)
+  set(CUDNN_FOUND
+      ON
+      CACHE INTERNAL "cuDNN Library Found")
+else()
+  set(CUDNN_FOUND
+      OFF
+      CACHE INTERNAL "cuDNN Library Not Found")
+endif()
+
+# Find out all the DLL files for Windows.
+if(WIN32 AND cudnn_LIBRARY)
+  get_filename_component(CUDNN_BIN_DIR "${cudnn_LIBRARY}" DIRECTORY)
+  string(REPLACE "/lib/" "/bin/" CUDNN_BIN_DIR "${CUDNN_BIN_DIR}")
+  file(
+    GLOB CUDNN_DLL_NAMES
+    RELATIVE "${CUDNN_BIN_DIR}"
+    "${CUDNN_BIN_DIR}/*.dll")
+endif()
+
+# Create an interface library that users can link with.
+add_library(CUDNN::cudnn_all INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+target_link_libraries(CUDNN::cudnn_all INTERFACE CUDNN::cudnn)
+target_include_directories(
+  CUDNN::cudnn_all INTERFACE $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>
+                             $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CUDNN_INCLUDE_DIR}>)
+
+# Add other components of cudnn.
+if(CUDNN_MAJOR_VERSION EQUAL 8)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_adv_infer)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_adv_train)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_cnn_infer)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_cnn_train)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_ops_infer)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_ops_train)
+
+  target_link_libraries(
+    CUDNN::cudnn_all
+    INTERFACE CUDNN::cudnn_adv_train CUDNN::cudnn_ops_train
+              CUDNN::cudnn_cnn_train CUDNN::cudnn_adv_infer
+              CUDNN::cudnn_cnn_infer CUDNN::cudnn_ops_infer)
+
+elseif(CUDNN_MAJOR_VERSION EQUAL 9)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_graph)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_engines_runtime_compiled)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_ops OPTIONAL)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_cnn OPTIONAL)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_adv OPTIONAL)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_engines_precompiled OPTIONAL)
+  find_cudnn_library(cudnn_heuristic OPTIONAL)
+
+  target_link_libraries(
+    CUDNN::cudnn_all
+    INTERFACE CUDNN::cudnn_graph
+              CUDNN::cudnn_engines_runtime_compiled
+              CUDNN::cudnn_ops
+              CUDNN::cudnn_cnn
+              CUDNN::cudnn_adv
+              CUDNN::cudnn_engines_precompiled
+              CUDNN::cudnn_heuristic)
+endif()
diff --git a/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index e5894af1..1c80323f 100644
--- a/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlx/backend/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ set(CUDNN_FRONTEND_BUILD_PYTHON_BINDINGS OFF)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cudnn)
 target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE cudnn_frontend)
 # Link with the actual cuDNN libraries.
-include(${cudnn_frontend_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/cuDNN.cmake)
 target_link_libraries(mlx PRIVATE CUDNN::cudnn_all)
 
 # Use header-only CUTLASS.