diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index 0f03b4d40..26cf12415 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@
 - Rules: Support added for rule 'eX'
 - Rules: Support added for position 'p' in host mode (using -j or -k)
 
+##
+## Workarounds
+##
+
+- Workaround added for NVidia NVML library: If libnvidia-ml.so couldn't be load try again using libnvidia-ml.so.1
+
 ##
 ## Improvements
 ##
diff --git a/src/hwmon.c b/src/hwmon.c
index 7e4c9cb89..b79987a79 100644
--- a/src/hwmon.c
+++ b/src/hwmon.c
@@ -552,6 +552,7 @@ static int nvml_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
   memset (nvml, 0, sizeof (NVML_PTR));
 
   #if defined (_WIN)
+
   nvml->lib = hc_dlopen ("nvml.dll");
 
   if (!nvml->lib)
@@ -641,7 +642,14 @@ static int nvml_init (hashcat_ctx_t *hashcat_ctx)
   }
 
   #elif defined (_POSIX)
+
   nvml->lib = hc_dlopen ("libnvidia-ml.so", RTLD_NOW);
+
+  if (!nvml->lib)
+  {
+    nvml->lib = hc_dlopen ("libnvidia-ml.so.1", RTLD_NOW);
+  }
+
   #endif
 
   if (!nvml->lib)