diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
index 982c0d618d5..3a86c282193 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 , libtiff, mesa, openal, opencolorio, openexr, openimageio, openjpeg, python
 , zlib, fftw
 , jackaudioSupport ? false, jack2
-, cudaSupport ? false, cudatoolkit6
+, cudaSupport ? false, cudatoolkit65
 , colladaSupport ? true, opencollada
 }:
 
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     sha256 = "114ipidrja6ryi6wv0w55wmh10ikazy24r8js596g7b9fpkzpymc";
   };
 
+  patches = [ ./sm52.patch ];
+
   buildInputs =
     [ SDL boost cmake ffmpeg gettext glew ilmbase libXi
       libjpeg libpng libsamplerate libsndfile libtiff mesa openal
       opencolorio openexr openimageio /* openjpeg */ python zlib fftw
     ]
     ++ optional jackaudioSupport jack2
-    ++ optional cudaSupport cudatoolkit6
+    ++ optional cudaSupport cudatoolkit65
     ++ optional colladaSupport opencollada;
 
   postUnpack =
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/sm52.patch b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/sm52.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7cb86c53bdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/applications/misc/blender/sm52.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -ru -x '*~' blender-2.73a-orig/CMakeLists.txt blender-2.73a/CMakeLists.txt
+--- blender-2.73a-orig/CMakeLists.txt	2015-01-21 13:31:24.000000000 +0100
++++ blender-2.73a/CMakeLists.txt	2015-03-01 23:14:22.962585422 +0100
+@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@
+ option(WITH_CYCLES_STANDALONE_GUI	"Build cycles standalone with GUI" OFF)
+ option(WITH_CYCLES_OSL				"Build Cycles with OSL support" ${_init_CYCLES_OSL})
+ option(WITH_CYCLES_CUDA_BINARIES	"Build cycles CUDA binaries" OFF)
+-set(CYCLES_CUDA_BINARIES_ARCH sm_20 sm_21 sm_30 sm_35 sm_50 CACHE STRING "CUDA architectures to build binaries for")
++set(CYCLES_CUDA_BINARIES_ARCH sm_20 sm_21 sm_30 sm_35 sm_50 sm_52 CACHE STRING "CUDA architectures to build binaries for")
+ mark_as_advanced(CYCLES_CUDA_BINARIES_ARCH)
+ unset(PLATFORM_DEFAULT)
+ option(WITH_CYCLES_LOGGING	"Build cycles with logging support" ON)