Index: libomptarget/cmake/Modules/LibomptargetGetDependencies.cmake
===================================================================
--- libomptarget/cmake/Modules/LibomptargetGetDependencies.cmake
+++ libomptarget/cmake/Modules/LibomptargetGetDependencies.cmake
@@ -115,10 +115,37 @@
 find_package(CUDA QUIET)
 
 set(LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_FOUND ${CUDA_FOUND})
-set(LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_LIBRARIES ${CUDA_LIBRARIES})
 set(LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 mark_as_advanced(
   LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_FOUND 
-  LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS
-  LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_LIBRARIES)
+  LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+
+################################################################################
+# Looking for CUDA Driver API... (needed for CUDA plugin)
+################################################################################
+
+find_library (
+    LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARIES
+  NAMES
+    cuda
+  PATHS
+    /lib64)
+
+# There is a libcuda.so in lib64/stubs that can be used for linking.
+if (NOT LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARIES AND CUDA_FOUND)
+  get_filename_component(CUDA_LIBDIR ${CUDA_LIBRARIES} DIRECTORY)
+  find_library (
+      LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARIES
+    NAMES
+      cuda
+    HINTS
+      "${CUDA_LIBDIR}/stubs")
+endif()
+
+find_package_handle_standard_args(
+  LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_DRIVER
+  DEFAULT_MSG
+  LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARIES)
+
+mark_as_advanced(LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARIES)
Index: libomptarget/plugins/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
===================================================================
--- libomptarget/plugins/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ libomptarget/plugins/cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,41 +10,41 @@
 # Build a plugin for a CUDA machine if available.
 #
 ##===----------------------------------------------------------------------===##
-if(LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_LIBELF_FOUND)
-  if(LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_FOUND)
-    if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(x86_64)|(ppc64le)$" AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
-    
-      libomptarget_say("Building CUDA offloading plugin.")
-    
-      # Define the suffix for the runtime messaging dumps.
-      add_definitions(-DTARGET_NAME=CUDA)
-    
-      if(LIBOMPTARGET_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES debug)
-          add_definitions(-DCUDA_ERROR_REPORT)
-      endif()
-      
-      include_directories(${LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-      include_directories(${LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_LIBELF_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    
-      add_library(omptarget.rtl.cuda SHARED src/rtl.cpp)
-      
-      # Install plugin under the lib destination folder.
-      install(TARGETS omptarget.rtl.cuda LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${OPENMP_LIBDIR_SUFFIX})
-      
-      target_link_libraries(omptarget.rtl.cuda 
-        ${LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_LIBRARIES} 
-        cuda 
-        ${LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_LIBELF_LIBRARIES}
-        "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../exports")
-    
-      # Report to the parent scope that we are building a plugin for CUDA.
-      set(LIBOMPTARGET_SYSTEM_TARGETS "${LIBOMPTARGET_SYSTEM_TARGETS} nvptx64-nvidia-cuda" PARENT_SCOPE)
-    else()
-      libomptarget_say("Not building CUDA offloading plugin: only support CUDA in Linux x86_64 or ppc64le hosts.")
-    endif()
-  else()
-    libomptarget_say("Not building CUDA offloading plugin: CUDA not found in system.")
-  endif()
-else(LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_LIBELF_FOUND)
+if (NOT(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "(x86_64)|(ppc64le)$" AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux"))
+  libomptarget_say("Not building CUDA offloading plugin: only support CUDA in Linux x86_64 or ppc64le hosts.")
+  return()
+elseif (NOT LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_LIBELF_FOUND)
   libomptarget_say("Not building CUDA offloading plugin: libelf dependency not found.")
-endif(LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_LIBELF_FOUND)
+  return()
+elseif(NOT LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_FOUND)
+  libomptarget_say("Not building CUDA offloading plugin: CUDA not found in system.")
+  return()
+elseif(NOT LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_DRIVER_FOUND)
+  libomptarget_say("Not building CUDA offloading plugin: CUDA Driver API not found in system.")
+  return()
+endif()
+
+libomptarget_say("Building CUDA offloading plugin.")
+
+# Define the suffix for the runtime messaging dumps.
+add_definitions(-DTARGET_NAME=CUDA)
+
+if(LIBOMPTARGET_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES debug)
+    add_definitions(-DCUDA_ERROR_REPORT)
+endif()
+
+include_directories(${LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+include_directories(${LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_LIBELF_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+add_library(omptarget.rtl.cuda SHARED src/rtl.cpp)
+
+# Install plugin under the lib destination folder.
+install(TARGETS omptarget.rtl.cuda LIBRARY DESTINATION lib${OPENMP_LIBDIR_SUFFIX})
+
+target_link_libraries(omptarget.rtl.cuda
+  ${LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_CUDA_DRIVER_LIBRARIES}
+  ${LIBOMPTARGET_DEP_LIBELF_LIBRARIES}
+  "-Wl,--version-script=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../exports")
+
+# Report to the parent scope that we are building a plugin for CUDA.
+set(LIBOMPTARGET_SYSTEM_TARGETS "${LIBOMPTARGET_SYSTEM_TARGETS} nvptx64-nvidia-cuda" PARENT_SCOPE)