Index: streamexecutor/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- streamexecutor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ streamexecutor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,10 +2,18 @@
 
 option(STREAM_EXECUTOR_UNIT_TESTS "enable unit tests" ON)
 option(STREAM_EXECUTOR_ENABLE_DOXYGEN "enable StreamExecutor doxygen" ON)
-option(STREAM_EXECUTOR_ENABLE_CONFIG_TOOL "enable building streamexecutor-config tool" ON)
-option(STREAM_EXECUTOR_ENABLE_CUDA_PLATFORM "enable building the CUDA StreamExecutor platform" OFF)
-
-configure_file("include/streamexecutor/PlatformOptions.h.in" "include/streamexecutor/PlatformOptions.h")
+option(
+    STREAM_EXECUTOR_ENABLE_CONFIG_TOOL
+    "enable building streamexecutor-config tool"
+    ON)
+option(STREAM_EXECUTOR_ENABLE_CUDA_PLATFORM
+    "enable building the CUDA StreamExecutor platform \
+(see CMake's 'FindCUDA' documentation for info on specifying the CUDA path)"
+    OFF)
+
+configure_file(
+    "include/streamexecutor/PlatformOptions.h.in"
+    "include/streamexecutor/PlatformOptions.h")
 
 # First find includes relative to the streamexecutor top-level source path.
 include_directories(BEFORE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
Index: streamexecutor/lib/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- streamexecutor/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ streamexecutor/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,21 +4,20 @@
 endmacro(add_se_library)
 
 if(STREAM_EXECUTOR_ENABLE_CUDA_PLATFORM)
-    set(
-        CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
-        ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/platforms/cuda/cmake/modules/")
-
-    find_package(Libcuda REQUIRED)
-    include_directories(${LIBCUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-
+    find_package(CUDA REQUIRED)
+    include_directories(${CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    find_library(CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARY cuda)
+    if(NOT CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARY)
+        message(FATAL_ERROR
+            "could not find libcuda, \
+is the CUDA driver is installed on your system?")
+    endif()
     set(
         STREAM_EXECUTOR_CUDA_PLATFORM_TARGET_OBJECT
         $<TARGET_OBJECTS:streamexecutor_cuda_platform>)
-
     set(
         STREAM_EXECUTOR_LIBCUDA_LIBRARIES
-        ${LIBCUDA_LIBRARIES})
+        ${CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARY})
 endif(STREAM_EXECUTOR_ENABLE_CUDA_PLATFORM)
 
 add_subdirectory(platforms)
Index: streamexecutor/lib/platforms/cuda/cmake/modules/FindLibcuda.cmake
===================================================================
--- streamexecutor/lib/platforms/cuda/cmake/modules/FindLibcuda.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# - Try to find the libcuda library
-# Once done this will define
-#  LIBCUDA_FOUND - System has libcuda
-#  LIBCUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS - The libcuda include directories
-#  LIBCUDA_LIBRARIES - The libraries needed to use libcuda
-
-# TODO(jhen): Allow users to specify a search path.
-find_path(LIBCUDA_INCLUDE_DIR cuda.h /usr/local/cuda/include)
-# TODO(jhen): Use the library that goes with the headers.
-find_library(LIBCUDA_LIBRARY cuda)
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-# handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set LIBCUDA_FOUND to TRUE if
-# all listed variables are TRUE
-find_package_handle_standard_args(
-    LIBCUDA DEFAULT_MSG LIBCUDA_INCLUDE_DIR LIBCUDA_LIBRARY)
-
-mark_as_advanced(LIBCUDA_INCLUDE_DIR LIBCUDA_LIBRARY)
-
-set(LIBCUDA_LIBRARIES ${LIBCUDA_LIBRARY})
-set(LIBCUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS ${LIBCUDA_INCLUDE_DIR})