diff --git a/examples/alpaka/babelstream/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/alpaka/babelstream/CMakeLists.txt
index ff5b4406ff..0433a0162d 100644
--- a/examples/alpaka/babelstream/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/alpaka/babelstream/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ if (NOT TARGET llama::llama)
 	find_package(llama REQUIRED)
 endif()
 find_package(alpaka 0.9.0 REQUIRED)
+if (alpaka_ACC_GPU_CUDA_ENABLE AND (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "NVIDIA") AND
+    (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "11.3") AND (CMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "11.4"))
+    message(WARNING "nvcc 11.3 fails to compile babelstream. Example will not be built.")
+    return()
+endif ()
 alpaka_add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} main.cpp Stream.h AlpakaStream.cpp AlpakaStream.h)
 target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE cxx_std_17)
 target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ALPAKA)