diff --git a/rapids-cmake/cpm/thrust.cmake b/rapids-cmake/cpm/thrust.cmake
index e5bf6208..a4ec0293 100644
--- a/rapids-cmake/cpm/thrust.cmake
+++ b/rapids-cmake/cpm/thrust.cmake
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ function(rapids_cpm_thrust NAMESPACE namespaces_name)
   set(multi_value)
   cmake_parse_arguments(_RAPIDS "${options}" "${one_value}" "${multi_value}" ${ARGN})
 
+  if(Thrust_SOURCE_DIR AND _RAPIDS_BUILD_EXPORT_SET)
+    # Store where CMake can find the Thrust-config.cmake that comes part of Thrust source code
+    include("${rapids-cmake-dir}/export/find_package_root.cmake")
+    rapids_export_find_package_root(BUILD Thrust "${Thrust_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake"
+                                    ${_RAPIDS_BUILD_EXPORT_SET})
+  endif()
+
   if(Thrust_SOURCE_DIR AND _RAPIDS_INSTALL_EXPORT_SET AND NOT exclude)
     # Make sure we install thrust into the `include/rapids` subdirectory instead of the default
     include(GNUInstallDirs)