diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3692dd30ffc..fb1885de519 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,11 +172,17 @@ if(WITH_STATIC_LIBSTDCXX)
   endif()
 endif()
 
-option(WITH_RDMA "Enable RDMA in async messenger" ON)
-if(WITH_RDMA)
-  find_package(rdma REQUIRED)
-  set(HAVE_RDMA ${RDMA_FOUND})
-endif(WITH_RDMA)
+option(WITH_VERBS "Enable RDMA verbs in async messenger" ON)
+if(WITH_VERBS)
+  find_package(verbs REQUIRED)
+  set(HAVE_VERBS ${VERBS_FOUND})
+endif(WITH_VERBS)
+
+option(WITH_RDMACM "Enable RDMA cm in async messenger" ON)
+if(WITH_RDMACM)
+  find_package(rdmacm REQUIRED)
+  set(HAVE_RDMACM ${RDMACM_FOUND})
+endif(WITH_RDMACM)
 
 find_package(Backtrace)
 
diff --git a/cmake/modules/Findrdma.cmake b/cmake/modules/Findrdma.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index dcc6cac825b..00000000000
--- a/cmake/modules/Findrdma.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,53 +0,0 @@
-# - Find rdma
-# Find the rdma library and includes
-#
-# RDMA_INCLUDE_DIR - where to find ibverbs.h, etc.
-# RDMA_LIBRARIES - List of libraries when using ibverbs.
-# RDMA_FOUND - True if ibverbs found.
-
-find_path(RDMA_INCLUDE_DIR infiniband/verbs.h)
-
-set(RDMA_NAMES ${RDMA_NAMES} ibverbs)
-find_library(RDMA_LIBRARY NAMES ${RDMA_NAMES})
-
-set(RDMACM_NAMES ${RDMACM_NAMES} rdmacm)
-find_library(RDMACM_LIBRARY NAMES ${RDMACM_NAMES})
-
-if (RDMA_INCLUDE_DIR AND RDMA_LIBRARY)
-  set(RDMA_FOUND TRUE)
-  set(RDMA_LIBRARIES ${RDMA_LIBRARY} ${RDMACM_LIBRARY})
-else ()
-  set(RDMA_FOUND FALSE)
-  set( RDMA_LIBRARIES )
-endif ()
-
-if (RDMA_FOUND)
-  message(STATUS "Found libibverbs: ${RDMA_LIBRARY}")
-  message(STATUS "Found librdmacm: ${RDMACM_LIBRARY}")
-
-  include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
-  CHECK_CXX_SOURCE_COMPILES("
-    #include <infiniband/verbs.h>
-    int main() {
-      struct ibv_context* ctxt;
-      struct ibv_exp_gid_attr gid_attr;
-      ibv_exp_query_gid_attr(ctxt, 1, 0, &gid_attr);
-      return 0;
-    } " HAVE_IBV_EXP)
-
-else ()
-  message(STATUS "Not Found libibverbs: ${RDMA_LIBRARY}")
-  if (RDMA_FIND_REQUIRED)
-    message(STATUS "Looked for libibverbs named ${RDMA_NAMES}.")
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find libibverbs")
-  endif ()
-endif ()
-
-# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set UUID_FOUND to TRUE if
-# all listed variables are TRUE
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(ibverbs DEFAULT_MSG RDMA_LIBRARIES RDMA_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-mark_as_advanced(
-  RDMA_LIBRARY
-)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/Findrdmacm.cmake b/cmake/modules/Findrdmacm.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..310b8130e61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/Findrdmacm.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# - Find rdma cm
+# Find the rdma cm library and includes
+#
+# RDMACM_INCLUDE_DIR - where to find cma.h, etc.
+# RDMACM_LIBRARIES - List of libraries when using rdmacm.
+# RDMACM_FOUND - True if rdmacm found.
+
+find_path(RDMACM_INCLUDE_DIR rdma/rdma_cma.h)
+find_library(RDMACM_LIBRARIES rdmacm)
+
+# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set UUID_FOUND to TRUE if
+# all listed variables are TRUE
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(rdmacm DEFAULT_MSG RDMACM_LIBRARIES RDMACM_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+mark_as_advanced(
+  RDMACM_LIBRARIES
+)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/Findverbs.cmake b/cmake/modules/Findverbs.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..613e3618589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/Findverbs.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# - Find rdma verbs
+# Find the rdma verbs library and includes
+#
+# VERBS_INCLUDE_DIR - where to find ibverbs.h, etc.
+# VERBS_LIBRARIES - List of libraries when using ibverbs.
+# VERBS_FOUND - True if ibverbs found.
+
+find_path(VERBS_INCLUDE_DIR infiniband/verbs.h)
+find_library(VERBS_LIBRARIES ibverbs)
+
+# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set UUID_FOUND to TRUE if
+# all listed variables are TRUE
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(verbs DEFAULT_MSG VERBS_LIBRARIES VERBS_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+if(VERBS_FOUND)
+  message(STATUS "Found libibverbs: ${VERBS_LIBRARIES}")
+  include(CheckCXXSourceCompiles)
+  CHECK_CXX_SOURCE_COMPILES("
+    #include <infiniband/verbs.h>
+    int main() {
+      struct ibv_context* ctxt;
+      struct ibv_exp_gid_attr gid_attr;
+      ibv_exp_query_gid_attr(ctxt, 1, 0, &gid_attr);
+      return 0;
+    } " HAVE_IBV_EXP)
+
+else()
+  message(STATUS "Not Found libibverbs: ${VERBS_LIBRARIES}")
+  if (VERBS_FIND_REQUIRED)
+    message(STATUS "Looked for libibverbs named ${VERBS_NAMES}.")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find libibverbs")
+  endif()
+endif()
+
+mark_as_advanced(
+  VERBS_LIBRARIES
+)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index afceda5c039..6c74f59bcd5 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -297,10 +297,16 @@ if(HAVE_XIO)
   list(APPEND EXTRALIBS ${XIO_LIBRARY} pthread)
 endif(HAVE_XIO)
 
-if(HAVE_RDMA)
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -I${RDMA_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-  list(APPEND EXTRALIBS ${RDMA_LIBRARIES} pthread)
-endif(HAVE_RDMA)
+if(HAVE_RDMACM)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -I${RDMACM_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+  list(APPEND EXTRALIBS ${RDMACM_LIBRARIES} pthread)
+endif(HAVE_RDMACM)
+
+if(HAVE_VERBS)
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -I${VERBS_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+  list(APPEND EXTRALIBS ${VERBS_LIBRARIES} pthread)
+endif(HAVE_VERBS)
+
 
 # sort out which allocator to use
 if(ALLOCATOR STREQUAL "tcmalloc")
@@ -404,7 +410,7 @@ if(HAVE_XIO)
 endif(HAVE_XIO)
 
 set(async_rdma_common_srcs)
-if(HAVE_RDMA)
+if(HAVE_VERBS AND HAVE_RDMACM)
   list(APPEND async_rdma_common_srcs
     msg/async/rdma/Infiniband.cc
     msg/async/rdma/RDMAConnectedSocketImpl.cc
@@ -412,7 +418,7 @@ if(HAVE_RDMA)
     msg/async/rdma/RDMAServerSocketImpl.cc
     msg/async/rdma/RDMAIWARPServerSocketImpl.cc
     msg/async/rdma/RDMAStack.cc)
-endif(HAVE_RDMA)
+endif()
 
 add_library(common_buffer_obj OBJECT
   common/buffer.cc)
@@ -664,8 +670,11 @@ set(ceph_common_deps
 if(HAVE_UDEV)
   list(APPEND ceph_common_deps ${UDEV_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
-if(HAVE_RDMA)
-  list(APPEND ceph_common_deps ${RDMA_LIBRARIES})
+if(HAVE_VERBS)
+  list(APPEND ceph_common_deps ${VERBS_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
+if(HAVE_RDMACM)
+  list(APPEND ceph_common_deps ${RDMACM_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 if(NOT WITH_SYSTEM_BOOST)
   list(APPEND ceph_common_deps ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
@@ -791,8 +800,7 @@ endif (WITH_MGR)
 set(librados_config_srcs
   librados-config.cc)
 add_executable(librados-config ${librados_config_srcs})
-target_link_libraries(librados-config librados global ${BLKID_LIBRARIES} ${RDMA_LIBRARIES}
-  ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(librados-config librados global ${BLKID_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
 install(TARGETS librados-config DESTINATION bin)
 
@@ -901,7 +909,7 @@ set(ceph_osd_srcs
 add_executable(ceph-osd ${ceph_osd_srcs})
 add_dependencies(ceph-osd erasure_code_plugins)
 target_link_libraries(ceph-osd osd os global-static ceph-common
-  ${BLKID_LIBRARIES} ${RDMA_LIBRARIES})
+  ${BLKID_LIBRARIES})
 if(WITH_FUSE)
   target_link_libraries(ceph-osd ${FUSE_LIBRARIES})
 endif()