diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 055a6ecc9fe..0d6ee4300ee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ if(VELOX_ENABLE_BENCHMARKS_BASIC)
 endif()
 
 if(VELOX_ENABLE_CUDF)
+  if(NOT "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "cuDF requires GCC. Found ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}.")
+  elseif(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 13.3)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "cuDF requires GCC >= 13.3. Found GCC ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION}.")
+  endif()
   message(STATUS "Building curl from source to satisfy cuDF curl version requirement")
   set(CURL_SOURCE BUNDLED)
   velox_resolve_dependency(CURL)