diff --git a/m4/ax_cuda.m4 b/m4/ax_cuda.m4
index da7dc73fe9a41cc1aa81ddc2ad42fb2f1b28e8a0..cdf6e17f76f7541a733fa277b5ae3dfbd3311442 100644
--- a/m4/ax_cuda.m4
+++ b/m4/ax_cuda.m4
@@ -57,8 +57,12 @@ AS_IF([test "x$NVCC_EXIST" = "xno"],[],[
           # If $build_cpu contains "_64", append "64" to CUDA_LIBS
           AS_IF([echo $build_cpu | grep -q "_64"],
                 [
-                 AS_IF([ ! test -d {CUDA_LIBS}lib64 ], [ CUDA_LIBS+="64"  ])
-                 AS_IF([ ! command -v bumblebee >/dev/null  ], [ CUDA_LIBS+=" -L/usr/lib64/nvidia-bumblebee/ "  ])
+                 AS_IF([ test -d {CUDA_LIBS}lib64 ], [ CUDA_LIBS+="64"  ])
+                 AS_IF([ command -v bumblebee >/dev/null  ], [ CUDA_LIBS+=" -L/usr/lib64/nvidia-bumblebee/ "  ])
+                 AS_IF([ test -d /usr/local/cuda/lib64  ], [ CUDA_LIBS+=" -L/usr/local/cuda/lib64 "  ],
+                       [
+                        AS_IF([ test -d /usr/local/cuda/lib ],[ CUDA_LIBS+=" -L/usr/local/cuda/lib  "  ])
+                       ])
                 ])
 
           # Append " -lcuda -lcudart" to CUDA_LIBS