diff --git a/cmake/CPU.cmake b/cmake/CPU.cmake
index 4440f42f2..633b0bba7 100644
--- a/cmake/CPU.cmake
+++ b/cmake/CPU.cmake
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ SET(DNNL_ENABLE_PRIMITIVE_CACHE TRUE CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(DPCPP_CPU_ROOT "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/torch_ipex/csrc/cpu")
 add_subdirectory(${DPCPP_THIRD_PARTY_ROOT}/mkl-dnn)
 
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules)
+
+FIND_PACKAGE(AVX)
+
+IF (NOT C_AVX512_FOUND)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Please build IPEX on Machines that support AVX512.")
+ENDIF()
+
 # Define build type
 IF(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES Debug)
   message("Debug build.")
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindAVX.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindAVX.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bb3abbab8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindAVX.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+INCLUDE(CheckCSourceCompiles)
+INCLUDE(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+
+SET(AVX512_CODE "
+  #include <stdint.h>
+  #include <immintrin.h>
+
+  int main() {
+    __m256i src;
+    __mmask16 mask;
+    int16_t addr[16];
+    // detect avx512f, avx512bw and avx512vl.
+    _mm512_cvtepi16_epi32(_mm256_mask_loadu_epi16(src, mask, (void *)addr));
+    return 0;
+  }
+")
+
+MACRO(CHECK_SSE lang type flags)
+  SET(__FLAG_I 1)
+  SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS_SAVE ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS})
+  FOREACH(__FLAG ${flags})
+    IF(NOT ${lang}_${type}_FOUND)
+      SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS ${__FLAG})
+      IF(lang STREQUAL "CXX")
+        CHECK_CXX_SOURCE_COMPILES("${${type}_CODE}" ${lang}_HAS_${type}_${__FLAG_I})
+      ELSE()
+        CHECK_C_SOURCE_COMPILES("${${type}_CODE}" ${lang}_HAS_${type}_${__FLAG_I})
+      ENDIF()
+      IF(${lang}_HAS_${type}_${__FLAG_I})
+        SET(${lang}_${type}_FOUND TRUE CACHE BOOL "${lang} ${type} support")
+        SET(${lang}_${type}_FLAGS "${__FLAG}" CACHE STRING "${lang} ${type} flags")
+      ENDIF()
+      MATH(EXPR __FLAG_I "${__FLAG_I}+1")
+    ENDIF()
+  ENDFOREACH()
+  SET(CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_FLAGS_SAVE})
+
+  IF(NOT ${lang}_${type}_FOUND)
+    SET(${lang}_${type}_FOUND FALSE CACHE BOOL "${lang} ${type} support")
+    SET(${lang}_${type}_FLAGS "" CACHE STRING "${lang} ${type} flags")
+  ENDIF()
+
+  MARK_AS_ADVANCED(${lang}_${type}_FOUND ${lang}_${type}_FLAGS)
+ENDMACRO()
+
+CHECK_SSE(C "AVX512" " ;-mavx512f -mavx512bw -mavx512vl ;/arch:AVX512")
+CHECK_SSE(CXX "AVX512" " ;-mavx512f -mavx512bw -mavx512vl ;/arch:AVX512")