diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 726e7a3536..216be0b1b8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -586,9 +586,9 @@ endif
 CUDA_LIB_DIR_STUBS := $(CUDA_LIB_DIR)/stubs
 CUDA_BACKENDS = /gpu/cuda/ref /gpu/cuda/shared /gpu/cuda/gen
 ifneq ($(CUDA_LIB_DIR),)
-  $(cuda-all.c:%.c=$(OBJDIR)/%.o) $(cuda-all.c:%=%.tidy) $(cuda-all.c:%=%.tidy-fix) $(cuda-all.h:%=%.tidy-fix) : CPPFLAGS += -I$(CUDA_DIR)/include
-  $(cuda-all.cpp:%.cpp=$(OBJDIR)/%.o) $(cuda-all.cpp:%=%.tidy) $(cuda-all.cpp:%=%.tidy-fix) $(cuda-all.hpp:%=%.tidy-fix) : CPPFLAGS += -I$(CUDA_DIR)/include
-  $(cuda-all.cu:%.cu=$(OBJDIR)/%.o) : CPPFLAGS += -I$(CUDA_DIR)/include
+  $(cuda-all.c:%.c=$(OBJDIR)/%.o) $(cuda-all.c:%=%.tidy) $(cuda-all.c:%=%.tidy-fix) $(cuda-all.h:%=%.tidy-fix) : CPPFLAGS += -I$(CUDA_DIR)/include -DCEED_CUDA_DIR=\"$(CUDA_DIR)\"
+  $(cuda-all.cpp:%.cpp=$(OBJDIR)/%.o) $(cuda-all.cpp:%=%.tidy) $(cuda-all.cpp:%=%.tidy-fix) $(cuda-all.hpp:%=%.tidy-fix) : CPPFLAGS += -I$(CUDA_DIR)/include -DCEED_CUDA_DIR=\"$(CUDA_DIR)\"
+  $(cuda-all.cu:%.cu=$(OBJDIR)/%.o) : CPPFLAGS += -I$(CUDA_DIR)/include -DCEED_CUDA_DIR=\"$(CUDA_DIR)\"
   PKG_LIBS += -L$(abspath $(CUDA_LIB_DIR)) -lcudart -lnvrtc -lcuda -lcublas
   PKG_STUBS_LIBS += -L$(CUDA_LIB_DIR_STUBS)
   LIBCEED_CONTAINS_CXX = 1
diff --git a/backends/cuda/ceed-cuda-compile.cpp b/backends/cuda/ceed-cuda-compile.cpp
index b82f06280e..3a5952908f 100644
--- a/backends/cuda/ceed-cuda-compile.cpp
+++ b/backends/cuda/ceed-cuda-compile.cpp
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 #include "ceed-cuda-common.h"
 
+const char *CeedCudaDir = CEED_CUDA_DIR;
+
 #define CeedChk_Nvrtc(ceed, x)                                                                              \
   do {                                                                                                      \
     nvrtcResult result = static_cast<nvrtcResult>(x);                                                       \
@@ -389,8 +391,9 @@ static int CeedCompileCore_Cuda(Ceed ceed, const char *source, const char *name,
 
     // Compile wrapper kernel
     CeedCallCuda(ceed, cudaGetDeviceProperties(&prop, ceed_data->device_id));
-    command = std::string(llvm_cxx) + " -flto=thin --cuda-gpu-arch=sm_" + std::to_string(prop.major) + std::to_string(prop.minor) +
-              " --cuda-device-only -emit-llvm -S " + filename_base + "_0_source.cu -o " + filename_base + "_1_wrapped.ll ";
+    command = std::string(llvm_cxx) + " --cuda-path=" + std::string(CeedCudaDir) + " -flto=thin --cuda-gpu-arch=sm_" + std::to_string(prop.major) +
+              std::to_string(prop.minor) + " --cuda-device-only -emit-llvm -S " + filename_base + "_0_source.cu -o " + filename_base +
+              "_1_wrapped.ll ";
     command += opts[4];
     CeedCallSystem(ceed, command.c_str(), "JiT kernel source");
     CeedCallSystem(ceed, (std::string("chmod 0777 ") + filename_base + "_1_wrapped.ll").c_str(), "update JiT file permissions");