diff --git a/glances/plugins/gpu/cards/nvidia.py b/glances/plugins/gpu/cards/nvidia.py
index dd6216de..c677dd57 100644
--- a/glances/plugins/gpu/cards/nvidia.py
+++ b/glances/plugins/gpu/cards/nvidia.py
@@ -11,11 +11,20 @@
 from glances.globals import nativestr
 from glances.logger import logger
 
+NVML_LIB = 'libnvidia-ml.so.1'
+
 try:
+    # Avoid importing pynvml if NVML_LIB is not installed
+    from ctypes import CDLL
+    CDLL(NVML_LIB)
     import pynvml
+except OSError as e:
+    nvidia_gpu_enable = False
+    # NNVML_LIB lib not found (NVidia driver not installed)
+    logger.warning(f"NVML Shared Library ({NVML_LIB}) not Found, Nvidia GPU plugin is disabled")
 except Exception as e:
     nvidia_gpu_enable = False
-    # Display debug message if import KeyError
+    # Display warning message if import KeyError
     logger.warning(f"Missing Python Lib ({e}), Nvidia GPU plugin is disabled")
 else:
     nvidia_gpu_enable = True