diff --git a/cuda_core/cuda/core/_device.pyi b/cuda_core/cuda/core/_device.pyi
index 8c2b273a6cd..da5e2b692ab 100644
--- a/cuda_core/cuda/core/_device.pyi
+++ b/cuda_core/cuda/core/_device.pyi
@@ -447,7 +447,10 @@ class DeviceProperties:
         """bool: Device supports HOST_NUMA location with the virtual memory management APIs like cuMemCreate, cuMemMap and related APIs."""
     @property
     def host_numa_memory_pools_supported(self) -> bool:
-        """bool: Device supports HOST_NUMA location with the cuMemAllocAsync and cuMemPool family of APIs."""
+        """bool: Device supports HOST_NUMA location with the cuMemAllocAsync and cuMemPool family of APIs.
+
+        The value is inferred for drivers before CUDA 12.9.
+        """
     @property
     def host_numa_multinode_ipc_supported(self) -> bool:
         """bool: Device supports HOST_NUMA location IPC between nodes in a multi-node system."""
diff --git a/cuda_core/cuda/core/_device.pyx b/cuda_core/cuda/core/_device.pyx
index 8611cd3d819..2fe8ca78388 100644
--- a/cuda_core/cuda/core/_device.pyx
+++ b/cuda_core/cuda/core/_device.pyx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from cuda.core._rt cimport (
     get_last_error,
     as_cu,
 )
+from cuda.core._utils.version cimport cy_driver_version
 
 from cuda.core._stream import IsStreamType, Stream, StreamOptions
 from cuda.core._utils.clear_error_support import assert_type
@@ -910,10 +911,19 @@ cdef class DeviceProperties:
 
     @property
     def host_numa_memory_pools_supported(self) -> bool:
-        """bool: Device supports HOST_NUMA location with the cuMemAllocAsync and cuMemPool family of APIs."""
-        return bool(
-            self._get_cached_attribute(driver.CUdevice_attribute.CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_HOST_NUMA_MEMORY_POOLS_SUPPORTED)
-        )
+        """bool: Device supports HOST_NUMA location with the cuMemAllocAsync and cuMemPool family of APIs.
+
+        The value is inferred for drivers before CUDA 12.9.
+        """
+        cdef tuple drv_ver = cy_driver_version()
+        if drv_ver >= (12, 9, 0):
+            return bool(
+                self._get_cached_attribute(
+                    driver.CUdevice_attribute.CU_DEVICE_ATTRIBUTE_HOST_NUMA_MEMORY_POOLS_SUPPORTED
+                )
+            )
+        # The attribute arrived in CUDA 12.9, HOST_NUMA pools in CUDA 12.6 (#2795).
+        return drv_ver >= (12, 6, 0) and self.memory_pools_supported and not self.integrated
 
     # Start of CUDA 13 device attributes
 
diff --git a/cuda_core/tests/test_device.py b/cuda_core/tests/test_device.py
index d12b86e0190..bf956a5baca 100644
--- a/cuda_core/tests/test_device.py
+++ b/cuda_core/tests/test_device.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import contextlib
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import textwrap
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
 
 import pytest
@@ -471,6 +472,55 @@ def test_device_properties_complete():
     assert tab_props == live_props  # Ensure exact match.
 
 
+@pytest.mark.agent_authored(model="gpt-6")
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("driver_version", [12050, 12060, 12080])
+def test_host_numa_memory_pools_supported_on_pre_12_9_driver(driver_version):
+    script = textwrap.dedent(
+        """
+        import sys
+
+        from cuda.bindings import driver
+
+        simulated_driver_version = int(sys.argv[1])
+        driver.cuDriverGetVersion = lambda: (driver.CUresult.CUDA_SUCCESS, simulated_driver_version)
+        (status,) = driver.cuInit(0)
+        if int(status) == int(driver.CUresult.CUDA_ERROR_NO_DEVICE):
+            print("No CUDA device is available")
+            raise SystemExit(77)
+        assert int(status) == int(driver.CUresult.CUDA_SUCCESS), status
+        status, device_count = driver.cuDeviceGetCount()
+        if int(status) == int(driver.CUresult.CUDA_ERROR_NO_DEVICE) or (
+            int(status) == int(driver.CUresult.CUDA_SUCCESS) and device_count == 0
+        ):
+            print("No CUDA device is available")
+            raise SystemExit(77)
+        assert int(status) == int(driver.CUresult.CUDA_SUCCESS), status
+        status, device = driver.cuDeviceGet(0)
+        assert int(status) == int(driver.CUresult.CUDA_SUCCESS), status
+
+        from cuda.core._device import DeviceProperties
+
+        properties = DeviceProperties._init(device)
+        expected = (
+            False
+            if simulated_driver_version < 12060
+            else properties.memory_pools_supported and not properties.integrated
+        )
+        assert properties.host_numa_memory_pools_supported is expected
+        """
+    )
+    result = subprocess.run(  # noqa: S603 - executes a repository-owned test script
+        [sys.executable, "-c", script, str(driver_version)],
+        capture_output=True,
+        check=False,
+        text=True,
+        timeout=60,
+    )
+    if result.returncode == 77:
+        pytest.skip(result.stdout + result.stderr)
+    assert result.returncode == 0, result.stdout + result.stderr
+
+
 # ============================================================================
 # Device Equality Tests
 # ============================================================================