diff --git a/cmake/macros/TargetNsight.cmake b/cmake/macros/TargetNsight.cmake
index edd3a66708..09b056d07a 100644
--- a/cmake/macros/TargetNsight.cmake
+++ b/cmake/macros/TargetNsight.cmake
@@ -7,9 +7,18 @@
 #
 macro(TARGET_NSIGHT)
     if (WIN32 AND USE_NSIGHT)
-      # try to find the Nsight package and add it to the build if we find it
-      find_package(NSIGHT)
-      
+
+      # grab the global CHECKED_FOR_NSIGHT_ONCE property
+      get_property(NSIGHT_CHECKED GLOBAL PROPERTY CHECKED_FOR_NSIGHT_ONCE)
+
+      if (NOT NSIGHT_CHECKED)
+        # try to find the Nsight package and add it to the build if we find it
+        find_package(NSIGHT)
+
+        # set the global CHECKED_FOR_NSIGHT_ONCE property so that we only debug that we couldn't find it once
+        set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY CHECKED_FOR_NSIGHT_ONCE TRUE)
+      endif ()
+
       if (NSIGHT_FOUND)
         include_directories(${NSIGHT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
         add_definitions(-DNSIGHT_FOUND)