diff --git a/cmake/utils/FindMACA.cmake b/cmake/utils/FindMACA.cmake
index 74b2d1e56fe0..1207e207eb9b 100644
--- a/cmake/utils/FindMACA.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils/FindMACA.cmake
@@ -23,20 +23,31 @@
 #
 # - When USE_MACA=ON, use auto search
 # - When USE_MACA=/path/to/maca-sdk-path, use the sdk
+# - When MACA_PATH or MACA_HOME is set, use the env path
 #
 # Provide variables:
 #
 # - MACA_FOUND
+# - MACA_ROOT_DIR
 # - MACA_INCLUDE_DIRS
 # - MACA_MACAMCC_LIBRARY
 
 macro(find_maca use_maca)
-  set(__use_maca ${use_maca})
-  if(IS_DIRECTORY ${__use_maca})
-    set(__maca_sdk ${__use_maca})
-    message(STATUS "Custom MACA SDK PATH=" ${__use_maca})
-  elseif(IS_DIRECTORY $ENV{MACA_PATH})
-    set(__maca_sdk $ENV{MACA_PATH})
+  set(__use_maca "${use_maca}")
+  unset(MACA_FOUND)
+  unset(MACA_ROOT_DIR)
+  unset(MACA_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+  unset(MACA_MACAMCC_LIBRARY CACHE)
+  unset(MACA_HCA_LIBRARY CACHE)
+  unset(MACA_FLASHATTN_LIBRARY CACHE)
+
+  if(IS_DIRECTORY "${__use_maca}")
+    set(__maca_sdk "${__use_maca}")
+    message(STATUS "Custom MACA SDK PATH=${__use_maca}")
+  elseif(IS_DIRECTORY "$ENV{MACA_PATH}")
+    set(__maca_sdk "$ENV{MACA_PATH}")
+  elseif(IS_DIRECTORY "$ENV{MACA_HOME}")
+    set(__maca_sdk "$ENV{MACA_HOME}")
   elseif(IS_DIRECTORY /opt/maca)
     set(__maca_sdk /opt/maca)
   else()
@@ -44,16 +55,18 @@ macro(find_maca use_maca)
   endif()
 
   if(__maca_sdk)
-    set(MACA_INCLUDE_DIRS ${__maca_sdk}/include)
-    find_library(MACA_MACAMCC_LIBRARY mcruntime ${__maca_sdk}/lib)
-    find_library(MACA_HCA_LIBRARY mxc-runtime64 ${__maca_sdk}/lib)
-    find_library(MACA_FLASHATTN_LIBRARY mcFlashAttn ${__maca_sdk}/lib)
+    set(MACA_ROOT_DIR "${__maca_sdk}")
+    set(MACA_INCLUDE_DIRS "${__maca_sdk}/include")
+    find_library(MACA_MACAMCC_LIBRARY mcruntime PATHS "${__maca_sdk}/lib" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+    find_library(MACA_HCA_LIBRARY mxc-runtime64 PATHS "${__maca_sdk}/lib" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
+    find_library(MACA_FLASHATTN_LIBRARY mcFlashAttn PATHS "${__maca_sdk}/lib" NO_DEFAULT_PATH)
 
     if(MACA_MACAMCC_LIBRARY)
       set(MACA_FOUND TRUE)
     endif()
   endif(__maca_sdk)
   if(MACA_FOUND)
+    message(STATUS "Found MACA_ROOT_DIR=" ${MACA_ROOT_DIR})
     message(STATUS "Found MACA_INCLUDE_DIRS=" ${MACA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     message(STATUS "Found MACA_MACAMCC_LIBRARY=" ${MACA_MACAMCC_LIBRARY})
     message(STATUS "Found MACA_FLASHATTN_LIBRARY=" ${MACA_FLASHATTN_LIBRARY})
diff --git a/tests/python/cmake/test_find_maca_cmake.py b/tests/python/cmake/test_find_maca_cmake.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..708964f185d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/python/cmake/test_find_maca_cmake.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import re
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+FIND_MACA = Path(__file__).parents[3] / "cmake" / "utils" / "FindMACA.cmake"
+
+
+class FindMACACMakeTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.content = FIND_MACA.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+
+    def test_search_order_includes_maca_home_after_maca_path(self):
+        maca_path_pos = self.content.index("$ENV{MACA_PATH}")
+        maca_home_pos = self.content.index("$ENV{MACA_HOME}")
+        default_pos = self.content.index("/opt/maca")
+
+        self.assertLess(maca_path_pos, maca_home_pos)
+        self.assertLess(maca_home_pos, default_pos)
+
+    def test_public_outputs_are_reset_before_search(self):
+        for variable in [
+            "MACA_FOUND",
+            "MACA_ROOT_DIR",
+            "MACA_INCLUDE_DIRS",
+            "MACA_MACAMCC_LIBRARY",
+            "MACA_HCA_LIBRARY",
+            "MACA_FLASHATTN_LIBRARY",
+        ]:
+            self.assertRegex(self.content, rf"unset\({re.escape(variable)}(?:\s+CACHE)?\)")
+
+    def test_libraries_are_resolved_inside_selected_sdk(self):
+        for variable in [
+            "MACA_MACAMCC_LIBRARY",
+            "MACA_HCA_LIBRARY",
+            "MACA_FLASHATTN_LIBRARY",
+        ]:
+            self.assertRegex(
+                self.content,
+                rf"find_library\({variable} .* PATHS \"?\${{__maca_sdk}}/lib\"? NO_DEFAULT_PATH\)",
+            )
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()