diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ab8809d..d96e085 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ Then add the following variable to your config (`.bashrc`/`.zshrc`):
 export BELLMAN_CUDA_DIR=<PATH_TO>/era-bellman-cuda
 ```
 
+Alternatively, if you can't or don't want to install the CUDA toolkit, you can compile the crates `cudart-sys` and `boojum-cuda` and crates that depend on them without CUDA toolkit.
+Doing so will result in stubs replacing calls to CUDA API and any GPU device code. The code will compile but any call to one of the stubs will result in an error during runtime.
+To compile in this mode, either include the rucstc `cfg` flag named `no_cuda`, for example by setting the `RUSTFLAGS` environment variable to  `--cfg no_cuda`, or by setting the environment variable `ZKSYNC_USE_CUDA_STUBS` to `1` or `true` or `yes` in any capitalization.
+
 ## Crates
 
 - [bindings-generator](./crates/bindings-generator/)
diff --git a/crates/boojum-cuda/build/main.rs b/crates/boojum-cuda/build/main.rs
index 5850091..a141f0f 100644
--- a/crates/boojum-cuda/build/main.rs
+++ b/crates/boojum-cuda/build/main.rs
@@ -10,12 +10,10 @@ fn main() {
     gates::generate();
     poseidon_constants::generate();
     println!("cargo::rustc-check-cfg=cfg(no_cuda)");
-    #[cfg(no_cuda)]
-    {
+    if era_cudart_sys::is_no_cuda() {
         println!("cargo::warning={}", era_cudart_sys::no_cuda_message!());
-    }
-    #[cfg(not(no_cuda))]
-    {
+        println!("cargo::rustc-cfg=no_cuda");
+    } else {
         use era_cudart_sys::{get_cuda_lib_path, get_cuda_version};
         use std::env::var;
         let cuda_version =
diff --git a/crates/cudart-sys/build.rs b/crates/cudart-sys/build.rs
index 9b96a2b..9089e2a 100644
--- a/crates/cudart-sys/build.rs
+++ b/crates/cudart-sys/build.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,10 @@ include!("src/utils.rs");
 
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo::rustc-check-cfg=cfg(no_cuda)");
-    #[cfg(no_cuda)]
-    {
+    if is_no_cuda() {
         println!("cargo::warning={}", no_cuda_message!());
-    }
-    #[cfg(not(no_cuda))]
-    {
+        println!("cargo::rustc-cfg=no_cuda");
+    } else {
         let cuda_version =
             get_cuda_version().expect("Failed to determine the CUDA Toolkit version.");
         if !cuda_version.starts_with("12.") {
diff --git a/crates/cudart-sys/src/utils.rs b/crates/cudart-sys/src/utils.rs
index bb305be..025caf9 100644
--- a/crates/cudart-sys/src/utils.rs
+++ b/crates/cudart-sys/src/utils.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,15 @@ pub fn get_cuda_version() -> Option<String> {
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(no_cuda)]
+pub fn is_no_cuda() -> bool {
+    if cfg!(no_cuda) {
+        true
+    } else {
+        let no_cuda = option_env!("ZKSYNC_USE_CUDA_STUBS").unwrap_or("");
+        no_cuda == "1" || no_cuda.to_lowercase() == "true" || no_cuda.to_lowercase() == "yes"
+    }
+}
+
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! no_cuda_message {
     () => {