diff --git a/python/cudaq/__init__.py b/python/cudaq/__init__.py
index 376b20c8508..16fbd448fbc 100644
--- a/python/cudaq/__init__.py
+++ b/python/cudaq/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@
         cutensornet_libs = get_library_path(f"cutensornet-cu{cuda_major}")
         cutensornet_path = os.path.join(cutensornet_libs, "libcutensornet.so.2")
 
-        os.environ["CUDAQ_DYNLIBS"] = f"{custatevec_path}:{cutensornet_path}"
+        cutensor_libs = get_library_path(f"cutensor-cu{cuda_major}")
+        cutensor_path = os.path.join(cutensor_libs, "libcutensor.so.2")
+
+        os.environ[
+            "CUDAQ_DYNLIBS"] = f"{custatevec_path}:{cutensornet_path}:{cutensor_path}"
 
         # The following package is only available on `x86_64` (not `aarch64`). For
         # `aarch64`, the library must be provided another way (likely with