diff --git a/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast.h b/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast.h
index 1208226bda..7843db514f 100644
--- a/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast.h
+++ b/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast.h
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ typedef struct ucc_tl_mlx5_mcast_coll_context {
     ucc_rcache_t                  *rcache;
     ucc_tl_mlx5_mcast_ctx_params_t params;
     ucc_base_lib_t                *lib;
+    enum ucc_tl_capabilities       tl_caps;
 } ucc_tl_mlx5_mcast_coll_context_t;
 
 typedef struct ucc_tl_mlx5_mcast_join_info_t {
diff --git a/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast_team.c b/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast_team.c
index 402ff84472..7d1db0f64b 100644
--- a/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast_team.c
+++ b/src/components/tl/mlx5/mcast/tl_mlx5_mcast_team.c
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@ ucc_status_t ucc_tl_mlx5_mcast_team_init(ucc_base_context_t *base_context,
     conf_params->rx_sge         = 2;
     conf_params->scq_moderation = 64;
 
+    mcast_context->tl_caps = base_context->ucc_context->tl_caps;
+
     comm = (ucc_tl_mlx5_mcast_coll_comm_t*)
             ucc_calloc(1, sizeof(ucc_tl_mlx5_mcast_coll_comm_t) +
                        sizeof(struct pp_packet*)*(conf_params->wsize-1),
diff --git a/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp_context.c b/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp_context.c
index 1c7c49b53f..96673596f5 100644
--- a/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp_context.c
+++ b/src/components/tl/ucp/tl_ucp_context.c
@@ -194,6 +194,11 @@ UCC_CLASS_INIT_FUNC(ucc_tl_ucp_context_t,
               self);
 
     self->ucp_memory_types = context_attr.memory_types;
+    if (self->ucp_memory_types & UCC_BIT(ucc_memtype_to_ucs[UCC_MEMORY_TYPE_CUDA])) {
+         /* TL MLX5 needs this information */
+        self->super.super.ucc_context->tl_caps |= UCC_TL_UCP_CUDA_ENABLED;
+    }
+
     worker_params.field_mask = UCP_WORKER_PARAM_FIELD_THREAD_MODE;
     switch (params->thread_mode) {
     case UCC_THREAD_SINGLE:
diff --git a/src/core/ucc_context.h b/src/core/ucc_context.h
index 3944d5675b..43c55093f7 100644
--- a/src/core/ucc_context.h
+++ b/src/core/ucc_context.h
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ typedef struct ucc_context_id {
 #define UCC_CTX_ID_EQUAL(_id1, _id2) (UCC_PROC_INFO_EQUAL((_id1).pi, (_id2).pi) \
                                       && (_id1).seq_num == (_id2).seq_num)
 
+enum ucc_tl_capabilities {
+    /* capabalities that every TL needs to be aware of
+     * about other TLs */
+    UCC_TL_UCP_CUDA_ENABLED = UCC_BIT(0)
+};
+
 enum {
     /* all ranks have identical set of TLs*/
     UCC_ADDR_STORAGE_FLAG_TLS_SYMMETRIC = UCC_BIT(0),
@@ -78,6 +84,7 @@ typedef struct ucc_context {
     uint64_t                 cl_flags;
     ucc_tl_team_t           *service_team;
     int32_t                  throttle_progress;
+    enum ucc_tl_capabilities tl_caps;
 } ucc_context_t;
 
 typedef struct ucc_context_config {