diff --git a/tools/program.py b/tools/program.py
index afb8a4725..a8373435c 100755
--- a/tools/program.py
+++ b/tools/program.py
@@ -134,9 +134,18 @@ def check_device(use_gpu, use_xpu=False, use_npu=False, use_mlu=False):
         if use_xpu and not paddle.device.is_compiled_with_xpu():
             print(err.format("use_xpu", "xpu", "xpu", "use_xpu"))
             sys.exit(1)
-        if use_npu and not paddle.device.is_compiled_with_npu():
-            print(err.format("use_npu", "npu", "npu", "use_npu"))
-            sys.exit(1)
+        if use_npu:
+            if int(paddle.version.major) != 0 and int(
+                    paddle.version.major) <= 2 and int(
+                        paddle.version.minor) <= 4:
+                if not paddle.device.is_compiled_with_npu():
+                    print(err.format("use_npu", "npu", "npu", "use_npu"))
+                    sys.exit(1)
+            # is_compiled_with_npu() has been updated after paddle-2.4
+            else:
+                if not paddle.device.is_compiled_with_custom_device("npu"):
+                    print(err.format("use_npu", "npu", "npu", "use_npu"))
+                    sys.exit(1)
         if use_mlu and not paddle.device.is_compiled_with_mlu():
             print(err.format("use_mlu", "mlu", "mlu", "use_mlu"))
             sys.exit(1)