diff --git a/nvidia-gpu-installer.sh b/nvidia-gpu-installer.sh
index 156d3a5..3a79aa5 100755
--- a/nvidia-gpu-installer.sh
+++ b/nvidia-gpu-installer.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION="${NVIDIA_DRIVER_VERSION:-384.111}"
 get_release()
 {
   eval "$(sed 's/^[A-Za-z]/OS_&/' /etc/os-release)"
+  if test $OS_ID = rhel; then
+    # translate redhat into centos
+    OS_ID=centos
+    # get the major number of OS_VERSION_ID
+    OS_VERSION_ID=$(echo $OS_VERSION_ID | cut -d. -f1)
+  fi
 }
 
 pre_check()
@@ -198,12 +204,18 @@ install_devel_centos()
       yum update -y
       yum install -y kernel-devel kernel-headers
       if [ ! -d $kernel_dir ] ; then
-          # ln -s $(ls /usr/src/kernels | head -n1) $kernel_dir
-          echo "kernel development not found for $KERNEL_VERSION"
-          echo "RUN this command below to upgrade your kernel:"
-          echo "   yum update -y && yum install -y kernel-devel kernel-headers"
-          echo "And then reboot!"
-          exit 1
+          installed_version=$(rpm -q kernel-devel | sed s/kernel-devel-//)
+          echo "kernel development not found for $KERNEL_VERSION, found: $installed_version"
+          if test $(echo $installed_version | cut -d. -f1,2,3) = $(echo $KERNEL_VERSION | cut -d. -f1,2,3); then
+            echo "But the kernel version until the patch number is same."
+            echo "So try to use /usr/src/kernels/$installed_version as the kernel dir anyway."
+            ln -s /usr/src/kernels/$installed_version $kernel_dir
+          else
+            echo "RUN this command below to upgrade your kernel:"
+            echo "   yum update -y && yum install -y kernel-devel kernel-headers"
+            echo "And then reboot!"
+            exit 1
+          fi
       fi
    else
       mkdir -p /usr/src/kernels