diff --git a/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.0.4-GCC-8.3.0-2.32-CUDA.eb b/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.0.4-GCC-8.3.0-2.32-CUDA.eb
index 90ce3529..faf7168e 100644
--- a/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.0.4-GCC-8.3.0-2.32-CUDA.eb
+++ b/o/OpenMPI/OpenMPI-4.0.4-GCC-8.3.0-2.32-CUDA.eb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ sources = ['v4.0.4.tar.gz']
 dependencies = [
     ('hwloc', '2.0.3'),
     ('zlib', '1.2.11'),
-    ('UCX', '1.6.1'),
+    ('UCX', '1.6.1', '-CUDA'),
     ('CUDA','10.2.89', '', True),
 ]
 
diff --git a/u/UCX/UCX-1.6.1-GCCcore-8.3.0-CUDA.eb b/u/UCX/UCX-1.6.1-GCCcore-8.3.0-CUDA.eb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0efad41b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/u/UCX/UCX-1.6.1-GCCcore-8.3.0-CUDA.eb
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# IT4Innovations 2019
+easyblock = 'ConfigureMake'
+
+name = 'UCX'
+version = '1.6.1'
+versionsuffix = '-CUDA'
+
+homepage = 'http://www.openucx.org/'
+description = """Unified Communication X
+An open-source production grade communication framework for data centric
+and high-performance applications
+"""
+
+toolchain = {'name': 'GCCcore', 'version': '8.3.0'}
+toolchainopts = {'pic': True}
+
+source_urls = ['https://github.com/openucx/ucx/releases/download/v%(version)s']
+sources = ['%(namelower)s-%(version)s.tar.gz']
+
+builddependencies = [
+    ('binutils', '2.32'),
+    ('pkg-config', '0.29.2'),
+    ('CUDA', '10.2.89', '', True),
+]
+
+osdependencies = [('libibverbs-dev', 'libibverbs-devel', 'rdma-core-devel')]
+
+dependencies = [
+    ('numactl', '2.0.12'),
+]
+
+configopts = '--enable-optimizations --enable-cma --enable-mt --with-verbs '
+configopts += '--without-java --disable-doxygen-doc --with-cuda=$EBROOTCUDA '
+
+buildopts = 'V=1'
+
+sanity_check_paths = {
+    'files': ['bin/ucx_info', 'bin/ucx_perftest', 'bin/ucx_read_profile'],
+    'dirs': ['include', 'lib', 'share']
+}
+
+moduleclass = 'lib'