diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 9804584832a..f94224ecb69 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ Valentin Petrov <valentinp@mellanox.com>
 Wenbin Lu <wenbin.lu@stonybrook.edu>
 Xin Zhao <xinz@mellanox.com>
 Xu Yifeng <yifeng.xyf@alibaba-inc.com>
+Yihua Xu <yihua.xu@intel.com>
 Yiltan Hassan Temucin <yiltan.temucin@amd.com>
 Yossi Itigin <yosefe@nvidia.com>
 Yuriy Shestakov <yuriis@mellanox.com>
diff --git a/src/uct/ib/base/ib_md.c b/src/uct/ib/base/ib_md.c
index 265d53e0a87..ce4f43983ee 100644
--- a/src/uct/ib/base/ib_md.c
+++ b/src/uct/ib/base/ib_md.c
@@ -1341,6 +1341,12 @@ ucs_status_t uct_ib_md_open_common(uct_ib_md_t *md,
         /* check if ROCM KFD driver is loaded */
         uct_ib_check_gpudirect_driver(md, "/dev/kfd", UCS_MEMORY_TYPE_ROCM);
 
+#if HAVE_ZE
+        uct_ib_check_gpudirect_driver(
+                md, "/sys/module/xe/srcversion",
+                UCS_MEMORY_TYPE_ZE_DEVICE);
+#endif
+
         /* Check for dma-buf support */
         uct_ib_md_check_dmabuf(md);
     }
@@ -1349,7 +1355,7 @@ ucs_status_t uct_ib_md_open_common(uct_ib_md_t *md,
         !(md->cap_flags & UCT_MD_FLAG_REG_DMABUF) &&
         (md_config->enable_gpudirect_rdma == UCS_YES)) {
         ucs_error("%s: Couldn't enable GPUDirect RDMA. Please make sure "
-                  "nv_peer_mem or amdgpu plugin installed correctly, or dmabuf "
+                  "nv_peer_mem, amdgpu plugin, or Intel XE driver is installed correctly, or dmabuf "
                   "is supported.",
                   uct_ib_device_name(&md->dev));
         status = UCS_ERR_UNSUPPORTED;
diff --git a/src/uct/ze/copy/ze_copy_md.c b/src/uct/ze/copy/ze_copy_md.c
index 9a4b2d51268..e70153d2631 100644
--- a/src/uct/ze/copy/ze_copy_md.c
+++ b/src/uct/ze/copy/ze_copy_md.c
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ static ucs_status_t uct_ze_copy_md_query(uct_md_h md, uct_md_attr_v2_t *md_attr)
     md_attr->alloc_mem_types  = UCS_BIT(UCS_MEMORY_TYPE_ZE_HOST) |
                                 UCS_BIT(UCS_MEMORY_TYPE_ZE_DEVICE) |
                                 UCS_BIT(UCS_MEMORY_TYPE_ZE_MANAGED);
-    md_attr->access_mem_types = UCS_BIT(UCS_MEMORY_TYPE_ZE_HOST) |
+    md_attr->access_mem_types = UCS_BIT(UCS_MEMORY_TYPE_HOST) |
+                                UCS_BIT(UCS_MEMORY_TYPE_ZE_HOST) |
                                 UCS_BIT(UCS_MEMORY_TYPE_ZE_DEVICE) |
                                 UCS_BIT(UCS_MEMORY_TYPE_ZE_MANAGED);
     md_attr->detect_mem_types = UCS_BIT(UCS_MEMORY_TYPE_ZE_HOST) |