diff --git a/Directory.Build.props b/Directory.Build.props
index 313c39566..8248f291d 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/Directory.Build.props
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   <Import Project="build/Dependencies.props" />
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+    <CustomLibTorchFullPath></CustomLibTorchFullPath>
     <Configuration Condition="'$(Configuration)'==''">Debug</Configuration>
     <Configurations>Debug;Release</Configurations>
     <_DefaultArchitecture>$([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::OSArchitecture.ToString().ToLower())</_DefaultArchitecture>
@@ -169,6 +170,9 @@
     <DefineConstants>$(DefineContants);DEBUG</DefineConstants>
     <Optimize>false</Optimize>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(NativeTargetArchitecture)' == 'x64' and '$(SkipCuda)' != 'true' and '$(SkipNative)' != 'true'">
+    <DefineConstants>$(DefineContants);CUDA_TOOLKIT_FOUND</DefineConstants>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="$(Configuration.StartsWith('Release'))">
     <Optimize>true</Optimize>
   </PropertyGroup>
diff --git a/Directory.Build.targets b/Directory.Build.targets
index cc6bb3d4e..cd48c04ee 100644
--- a/Directory.Build.targets
+++ b/Directory.Build.targets
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@
     <NativeAssemblyReference Include="gomp-98b21ff3" ExtraExtension=".1" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  
   <Target Name="CopyNativeAssemblies"
           BeforeTargets="PrepareForRun"
 					Condition="'$(SkipTests)' != 'true'">
diff --git a/pkg/pack.proj b/pkg/pack.proj
index 55474fdc6..b29502f45 100644
--- a/pkg/pack.proj
+++ b/pkg/pack.proj
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <Project>
   <Import Project="..\Directory.Build.props" />
-  <ItemGroup>
+  
+  <ItemGroup Condition="$(CustomLibTorchFullPath)==''">
     <PackProject Include="**\libtorch-cpu.nupkgproj" Condition="'$(IncludeLibTorchCpuPackages)' == 'true'" />
     <PackProject Include="**\libtorch-cpu-*.nupkgproj" Condition="'$(IncludeLibTorchCpuPackages)' == 'true'" />
     <PackProject Include="**\libtorch-cuda-$(CudaVersionDot)-linux-*.nupkgproj" Condition="'$(IncludeLibTorchCudaPackages)' == 'true' AND '$(TargetOS)' == 'linux'" />
@@ -31,5 +32,4 @@
 
     <Message Text="Done packing!" Importance="high" />
   </Target>
-
 </Project>
diff --git a/src/Native/LibTorchSharp/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Native/LibTorchSharp/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e5e1e38a..fb332de5b 100644
--- a/src/Native/LibTorchSharp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Native/LibTorchSharp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 project(LibTorchSharp)
 
+find_package(CUDA QUIET)
+if(CUDA_FOUND)
+	include_directories(${CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+	link_directories(${CUDA_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+	add_compile_definitions(TORCHSHARP_CUDA_TOOLKIT_FOUND)
+endif()
+
 if(APPLE AND NOT LIBTORCH_ARCH STREQUAL "arm64")
  include_directories("/usr/local/include" "/usr/local/opt/llvm/include")
  link_directories("/usr/local/lib" "/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib")
@@ -72,6 +79,10 @@ include_directories(${TORCH_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 add_library(LibTorchSharp SHARED ${SOURCES} ${RESOURCES})
 
+if(CUDA_FOUND)
+target_link_libraries(LibTorchSharp ${CUDA_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(LibTorchSharp ${TORCH_LIBRARIES})
 
 set_property(TARGET LibTorchSharp PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 14)
diff --git a/src/Native/build.proj b/src/Native/build.proj
index 6dbbc70a9..1f67671a7 100644
--- a/src/Native/build.proj
+++ b/src/Native/build.proj
@@ -44,17 +44,20 @@
   <Target Name="BuildNativeWindows"
           Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">
           
-    <PropertyGroup>
+    <PropertyGroup Condition="$(CustomLibTorchFullPath)==''">
      <BuildArgs>$(NativeConfiguration) $(TargetArchitecture) --libtorchpath $(LibTorchCmakePath)</BuildArgs>
     </PropertyGroup>
-
+    <PropertyGroup Condition="$(CustomLibTorchFullPath)!=''">
+      <!--<CustomLibTorchFullPath>$(CustomLibTorchFullPath)\libtorch\share\cmake\Torch</CustomLibTorchFullPath>-->
+      <BuildArgs>$(NativeConfiguration) $(TargetArchitecture) --libtorchpath $(CustomLibTorchFullPath)</BuildArgs>
+    </PropertyGroup>
     <!-- Run script that invokes Cmake to create VS files, and then calls msbuild to compile them -->
     <Message Text="$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\build.cmd $(BuildArgs)" Importance="High"/>
     <Exec Command="&quot;$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\build.cmd&quot; $(BuildArgs)" />
 
   </Target>
 
-  <Target Name="PreparePackageAssets">
+  <Target Name="PreparePackageAssets" Condition="'$(CustomLibTorchFullPath)'==''">
   
     <ItemGroup>
       <NativePackageAsset Include="$(NativeOutputPath)$(NativeLibPrefix)LibTorchSharp$(NativeLibExtension)"
diff --git a/src/TorchSharp/Tensor/torch.OtherOperations.cs b/src/TorchSharp/Tensor/torch.OtherOperations.cs
index b4b092c4f..9fb7d2786 100644
--- a/src/TorchSharp/Tensor/torch.OtherOperations.cs
+++ b/src/TorchSharp/Tensor/torch.OtherOperations.cs
@@ -437,33 +437,34 @@ public static Tensor einsum(string equation, params Tensor[] tensors)
 
         // https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.histogram
         [Obsolete("not implemented", true)]
-        static Tensor histogram(
-            Tensor input,
+        static Tensor histogram(Tensor input,
             long bins,
             (float min, float max)? range = null,
             Tensor? weight = null,
-            bool density = false)
-            => throw new NotImplementedException();
+            bool density = false)=> throw new NotImplementedException();
 
         // https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.histogram
         [Obsolete("not implemented", true)]
-        static Tensor histogram(
-            Tensor input,
+        static Tensor histogram(Tensor input,
             long[] bins,
             (float min, float max)? range = null,
             Tensor? weight = null,
             bool density = false)
-            => throw new NotImplementedException();
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
+
 
         // https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.histogram
         [Obsolete("not implemented", true)]
-        static Tensor histogram(
-            Tensor input,
+        static Tensor histogram(Tensor input,
             Tensor[] bins,
             (float min, float max)? range = null,
             Tensor? weight = null,
             bool density = false)
-            => throw new NotImplementedException();
+        {
+            throw new NotImplementedException();
+        }
 
         // https://pytorch.org/docs/stable/generated/torch.histogramdd
         [Obsolete("not implemented", true)]
diff --git a/src/TorchSharp/TorchSharp.csproj b/src/TorchSharp/TorchSharp.csproj
index 2d227e2c8..09be939a3 100644
--- a/src/TorchSharp/TorchSharp.csproj
+++ b/src/TorchSharp/TorchSharp.csproj
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Project>
+<Project>
   <!-- Implicit top import -->
   <Import Project="Sdk.props" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" />
 
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       <UseStyleCopAnalyzer>false</UseStyleCopAnalyzer>
       <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
       <DefineConstants>$(DefineConstants);LIBTORCH_$(LibTorchPackageVersion.Replace('.', '_'));CUDA_$(CudaVersionDot.Replace('.', '_'))</DefineConstants>
+      <CustomLibTorchFullPath></CustomLibTorchFullPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -61,7 +62,8 @@
   <Import Project="Sdk.targets" Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk" />
 
   <!-- Trigger the download+placement of the redist bits and the build of the C++ project -->
-  <Target Name="BuildNativeLibTorch" BeforeTargets="BeforeBuild">
+
+  <Target Name="BuildNativeLibTorch" BeforeTargets="BeforeBuild" Condition="$(CustomLibTorchFullPath) == ''">
     <Message Importance="High" Text="Using VersionSuffix = $(VersionSuffix)" />
     <Message Importance="High" Text="Using Version = $(Version)" />
     <MSBuild Projects="..\Redist\libtorch-cuda-$(CudaVersionDot)\libtorch-cuda-$(CudaVersionDot).proj" Condition="'$(BuildingInsideVisualStudio)'!='true' AND '$(SkipNative)' != 'true'  AND '$(SkipCuda)' != 'true'" RemoveProperties="TargetFramework" Targets="Build" />
@@ -70,8 +72,10 @@
 
     <MSBuild Projects="..\Native\build.proj" Condition="'$(SkipNative)' != 'true'" RemoveProperties="TargetFramework" Targets="Build" />
   </Target>
-
-  <Target Name="RealPack">
+  <Target Name="BuildNativeLibTorch" BeforeTargets="BeforeBuild">
+    <MSBuild Projects="..\Native\build.proj" Condition="'$(SkipNative)' != 'true'" RemoveProperties="TargetFramework" Targets="Build" />
+  </Target>
+  <Target Name="RealPack" Condition="$(CustomLibTorchFullPath) == ''">
     <MSBuild Projects="..\..\pkg\pack.proj" Targets="Pack" />
   </Target>
 
diff --git a/test/Directory.Build.props b/test/Directory.Build.props
index de003c15a..72877ac85 100644
--- a/test/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/test/Directory.Build.props
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <TargetFrameworks Condition="'$(OS)' == 'Windows_NT'">$(TargetFrameworks);net48</TargetFrameworks>
     <IsPackable>false</IsPackable>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
-
+    <CustomLibTorchFullPath></CustomLibTorchFullPath>
     <!--
       Don't warn about missing documentation in test projects.
 
diff --git a/test/TorchSharpTest.WithCudaBinaries/TorchSharpTest.WithCudaBinaries.csproj b/test/TorchSharpTest.WithCudaBinaries/TorchSharpTest.WithCudaBinaries.csproj
index d05d33055..3e41ddd64 100644
--- a/test/TorchSharpTest.WithCudaBinaries/TorchSharpTest.WithCudaBinaries.csproj
+++ b/test/TorchSharpTest.WithCudaBinaries/TorchSharpTest.WithCudaBinaries.csproj
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <UseStyleCopAnalyzer>false</UseStyleCopAnalyzer>
     <VSTestLogger>trx</VSTestLogger>
     <VSTestResultsDirectory>$(OutputPath)</VSTestResultsDirectory>
+    <CustomLibTorchFullPath></CustomLibTorchFullPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/test/TorchSharpTest/TorchSharpTest.csproj b/test/TorchSharpTest/TorchSharpTest.csproj
index 7a6a57e39..001468486 100644
--- a/test/TorchSharpTest/TorchSharpTest.csproj
+++ b/test/TorchSharpTest/TorchSharpTest.csproj
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     <VSTestLogger>trx</VSTestLogger>
     <VSTestResultsDirectory>$(OutputPath)</VSTestResultsDirectory>
     <LangVersion>10.0</LangVersion>
+    <CustomLibTorchFullPath></CustomLibTorchFullPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>