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 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
@@ -64,6 +72,24 @@
 # Add warning flags.
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS  "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter")
 
+# Check for CUDA if it is enabled.
+if(STREAM_EXECUTOR_ENABLE_CUDA_PLATFORM)
+    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
+        ${CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARY})
+endif(STREAM_EXECUTOR_ENABLE_CUDA_PLATFORM)
+
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 add_subdirectory(examples)
 
Index: streamexecutor/lib/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- streamexecutor/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ streamexecutor/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,24 +3,6 @@
   set_target_properties(${name} PROPERTIES FOLDER "streamexecutor libraries")
 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})
-
-    set(
-        STREAM_EXECUTOR_CUDA_PLATFORM_TARGET_OBJECT
-        $<TARGET_OBJECTS:streamexecutor_cuda_platform>)
-
-    set(
-        STREAM_EXECUTOR_LIBCUDA_LIBRARIES
-        ${LIBCUDA_LIBRARIES})
-endif(STREAM_EXECUTOR_ENABLE_CUDA_PLATFORM)
-
 add_subdirectory(platforms)
 
 add_se_library(
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})
Index: streamexecutor/tools/streamexecutor-config/streamexecutor-config.in
===================================================================
--- streamexecutor/tools/streamexecutor-config/streamexecutor-config.in
+++ streamexecutor/tools/streamexecutor-config/streamexecutor-config.in
@@ -32,20 +32,22 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
 
-def get_llvm_config_dir():
-  """Gets the path to the llvm-config executable.
+# The following functions are configured by cmake. They use raw triple-quoted
+# strings to surround values that are substituted by cmake at configure time.
+# This kind of quoting should allow for paths that contain spaces.
 
-  Surrounding the cmake replacement with triple quotes should allow for paths
-  that contain quotes."""
+def get_llvm_config_dir():
+  """Gets the path to the llvm-config executable."""
   return r"""@LLVM_BINARY_DIR@/bin"""
 
 def get_cmake_install_prefix():
-  """Gets the value of the cmake variable CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX.
-
-  Surrounding the cmake replacement with triple quotes should allow for paths
-  that contain quotes."""
+  """Gets the value of the cmake variable CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX."""
   return r"""@CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX@"""
 
+def get_cuda_driver_library():
+  """Gets the value of the cmake variable CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARY."""
+  return r"""@CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARY@"""
+
 def cuddle_flag(flag, tokens):
   """If flag appears by itself in tokens, combines it with the next token.
 
@@ -195,6 +197,9 @@
     se_flag = '-lstreamexecutor'
     if not has_token(token=se_flag, string=llvm_flags):
       all_flags.append(se_flag)
+    cuda_driver_library = get_cuda_driver_library()
+    if cuda_driver_library:
+      all_flags.append(cuda_driver_library)
     all_flags.append(llvm_flags)
 
   if args.system_libs: