diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index e80fe27b3d..81b4337b99 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@
 # TOP_DIR
 TOP_DIR=os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)) if not 'TOP_DIR' in os.environ else os.environ["TOP_DIR"]
 
+# Set the USE_CXX11=1 to use cxx11_abi
+USE_CXX11=0 if not 'USE_CXX11' in os.environ else os.environ["USE_CXX11"]
+
 SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSIONS=["3.7", "3.8", "3.9", "3.10"]
 
 nox.options.sessions = ["l0_api_tests-" + "{}.{}".format(sys.version_info.major, sys.version_info.minor)]
@@ -32,7 +35,10 @@ def download_models(session, use_host_env=False):
 def install_torch_trt(session):
     print("Installing latest torch-tensorrt build")
     session.chdir(os.path.join(TOP_DIR, "py"))
-    session.run("python", "setup.py", "develop")
+    if USE_CXX11:
+        session.run('python', 'setup.py', 'develop', '--use-cxx11-abi')
+    else:
+        session.run("python", "setup.py", "develop")
 
 def download_datasets(session):
     print("Downloading dataset to path", os.path.join(TOP_DIR, 'examples/int8/training/vgg16'))
@@ -334,4 +340,4 @@ def download_test_models(session):
 @nox.session(python=SUPPORTED_PYTHON_VERSIONS, reuse_venv=True)
 def download_test_models_host_deps(session):
     """Grab all the models needed for testing using host dependencies"""
-    download_models(session, use_host_env=True)
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+    download_models(session, use_host_env=True)