The thermomagnetic behavior of the as-quenched Cu-9wt%Al-10 wt%Mn-3wt%Gd alloy was studied using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), optical microscopy, magnetization measurements with temperature and applied field. The results obtained showed that in the Cu-9wt%Al alloy the alpha, gamma(1) and alpha(2) phases are produced from martensitic beta' phase decomposition while in the Cu-9wt%Al-3wt%Gd alloy the higher fraction of produced gamma(1) phase is not formed from martensite decomposition. In the Cu-9wt%Al-10 wt%Mn and Cu-9wt%Al-10 wt%Mn-3wt%Gd alloys the ferromagnetic Cu2AlMn phase formation is dependent on the cooling rate and the martensitic transition seems to be changed by the presence of Gd. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.