diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 90bc7b01770ed4ad5c9723320b07c5ec9229d1eb..a6a60277f00b4cc499b9d6a068aaaaa3141013f4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ add_subdirectory (openfpm_io)
 
 if (CUDA_ON_BACKEND STREQUAL "CUDA")
         enable_language(CUDA)
+	find_package(CUDA)
 endif()
 
 file(WRITE cuda_lib "${CUDA_cudart_static_LIBRARY} ${CUDA_cudadevrt_LIBRARY}")