diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/5.5.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/5.5.nix
index 99f0828012f..bf4009f08be 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/5.5.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/5.5.nix
@@ -51,8 +51,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     perl ./install-linux.pl --prefix="$out"
     rm $out/tools/CUDA_Occupancy_Calculator.xls
     perl ./install-sdk-linux.pl --prefix="$sdk" --cudaprefix="$out"
+    mv $out/include $out/usr_include
   '';
 
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
   meta = {
     license = [ "nonfree" ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/6.0.nix b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/6.0.nix
index 573cc826221..5da4b3d0a4a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/6.0.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/6.0.nix
@@ -51,8 +51,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     perl ./install-linux.pl --prefix="$out"
     rm $out/tools/CUDA_Occupancy_Calculator.xls
     perl ./install-sdk-linux.pl --prefix="$sdk" --cudaprefix="$out"
+    mv $out/include $out/usr_include
   '';
 
+  setupHook = ./setup-hook.sh;
+
   meta = {
     license = [ "nonfree" ];
   };
diff --git a/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/setup-hook.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1b75a2e91ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/compilers/cudatoolkit/setup-hook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+addIncludePath () {
+    if test -d "$1/usr_include"
+    then
+        export NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE="${NIX_CFLAGS_COMPILE} -I$1/usr_include"
+    fi
+}
+
+envHooks=(${envHooks[@]} addIncludePath)