diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tensorflow.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tensorflow.py
index c72aec1ea1..cd567547d6 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tensorflow.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/t/tensorflow.py
@@ -701,6 +701,7 @@ def configure_step(self):
                 })
             else:
                 raise EasyBuildError("TensorFlow has a strict dependency on cuDNN if CUDA is enabled")
+
             if nccl_root:
                 nccl_version = get_software_version('NCCL')
                 # Ignore the PKG_REVISION identifier if it exists (i.e., report 2.4.6 for 2.4.6-1 or 2.4.6-2)
@@ -883,6 +884,16 @@ def build_step(self):
 
         # Make TF find our modules. LD_LIBRARY_PATH gets automatically added by configure.py
         cpaths, libpaths = self.system_libs_info[1:]
+
+        # add absolute path to libnccl.so.2 directory provided by NCCL
+        # when LD_LIBRARY_PATH is filtered and LIBRARY_PATH is not filtered.
+        # E.g. in an environment such as EESSI.
+        nccl_root = get_software_root('NCCL')
+        if nccl_root:
+            filtered_env_vars = build_option('filter_env_vars') or []
+            if 'LD_LIBRARY_PATH' in filtered_env_vars and 'LIBRARY_PATH' not in filtered_env_vars:
+                libpaths.append(os.path.join(nccl_root, get_software_libdir('NCCL')))
+
         if cpaths:
             action_env['CPATH'] = ':'.join(cpaths)
         if libpaths: